Just genes : the ethics of genetic technologies /

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Author / Creator:Barash, Carol Isaacson.
Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
Description:xx, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7241774
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ISBN:9780313349003 (alk. paper)
0313349002 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [253]-257) and index.

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