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Taxonomy, biodiversity and their publics in twenty-first-century DNA barcoding

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Taxonomy, biodiversity and their publics in twenty-first-century DNA barcoding. / Ellis, Rebecca; Waterton, Claire; Wynne, Brian.
In: Public Understanding of Science, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2010, p. 497-512.

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Ellis, R, Waterton, C & Wynne, B 2010, 'Taxonomy, biodiversity and their publics in twenty-first-century DNA barcoding', Public Understanding of Science, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 497-512. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662509335413

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Ellis, R., Waterton, C., & Wynne, B. (2010). Taxonomy, biodiversity and their publics in twenty-first-century DNA barcoding. Public Understanding of Science, 19(4), 497-512. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662509335413

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Ellis R, Waterton C, Wynne B. Taxonomy, biodiversity and their publics in twenty-first-century DNA barcoding. Public Understanding of Science. 2010;19(4):497-512. doi: 10.1177/0963662509335413

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Ellis, Rebecca ; Waterton, Claire ; Wynne, Brian. / Taxonomy, biodiversity and their publics in twenty-first-century DNA barcoding. In: Public Understanding of Science. 2010 ; Vol. 19, No. 4. pp. 497-512.

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