The synthetic nature of biology

Ambivalences of Creating Life: Societal and Philosophical Dimensions of Synthetic Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 9-53

  Acevedo Rocha, Carlos G ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21088-9_2     Document Type: Chapter

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