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Trading the genome : investigating the commodification of bio-information /

In a groundbreaking work that draws on anthropology, history, philosophy, business and law, Parry links firsthand knowledge of the operation of the bioprospecting industry to a sophisticated analysis of broader economic, regulatory, and technological transformations to reveal the complex economic an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Parry, Bronwyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2004.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The collection of nature and the nature of collecting
  • Speedup: accelerating the social and spatial dynamics of collecting
  • New collectors, new collections
  • The fate of the collections
  • Taming the slippery beast: regulating trade in bio-information
  • Back to the future.