SCRUTINIZING THE EPIGENETICS REVOLUTION

М. Мелони, Дж. Теста

Abstract


This is a Russian translation published by the permission of the authors of the original, which appeared under open access terms in BioSocieties (2014) 9, 431–456 and must be referenced upon citing the present translation. The original abstract and full text are available at http://www.palgrave-journals.com/biosoc/journal/v9/n4/abs/biosoc201422a.html (doi:10.1057/biosoc.2014.22).

Keywords


epigenetics; imaginaries; molecularization; plasticity; responsibility; social policy.


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