Trading the Genome: Investigating the Commodification of Bio-Information

by B Parry (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $9.45

  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 and political dynamics that underpin the new global trade in bio-information.