Transforming genes: Metaphors of information and language in modern genetics
- 1 June 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Science as Culture
- Vol. 8 (2) , 209-229
- https://doi.org/10.1080/09505439909526542
Abstract
(1999). Transforming genes: Metaphors of information and language in modern genetics. Science as Culture: Vol. 8, BIOLOGISTIC METAPHORS, THEN AND NOW, pp. 209-229.Keywords
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