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Published by the ESRC Genomics Network, Genomics, Society and Policy is a peer reviewed online journal that provides an outlet for interdisciplinary research on the social, ethical and legal aspects of genomics and related emergent technologies such as nanotechnology and stem cell research.

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Volume 6, No. 3

Book Review

Nature After the Genome

Sarah Parry and John Dupré (eds.)

Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, 2011

Sanne van der Hout and Paul van Haperen

Abstract

This volume comprises 10 essays that draw on the diverse set of meanings of genomes. Since genomic science covers a wide range of activities, it is hard to say unambiguously what genomics is. In the introductory chapter, Sarah Parry and John Dupré argue that a lot of confusion is created by the fact that there are two different ways to think about the genome: either in an abstract way, namely as a body of information, or as a material thing. A second reason why genomics is surrounded by confusion is that this concept is not always construed narrowly, but is sometimes used to refer to a broad range of contemporary biomolecular investigations.

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