Transforming genes: Metaphors of information and language in modern genetics

Science as Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 209-229

  Hedgecoe, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85008907000     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505439909526542     Document Type: Article

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