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" How the gene got its groove : "
Elizabeth Parthenia Shea
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BL
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634880
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dltt
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Main Entry
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Shea, Elizabeth Parthenia,1966-
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Title & Author
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How the gene got its groove : : figurative language, science, and the rhetoric of the real /\ Elizabeth Parthenia Shea
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Publication Statement
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Albany :: State University of New York Press,, c2008
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x, 136 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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ISBN
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9780791474259
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: 0791474259
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-134) and index
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Contents
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Gene origin stories -- Prescribing rhetorical work : genetic theories, gemmules, and genes -- Genes on Main street -- Genes, figures, things, objects -- Figuratively speaking : genes, sexuality, and the authority of science -- Genome : the secret of how tropes work in the life sciences
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Genetics
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Communication in science-- Philosophy
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Rhetoric-- Philosophy
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Genes
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Language Arts
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Persuasive Communication
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Science
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LC Classification
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QH430.S525 2008
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