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The ambivalence of gene trading in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis trilogy is treated in this paper. Genetic manipulation is one of the main science-related issues addressed in that trilogy. The behavior of the alien race presented in the paper, the Oankali, is analyzed from three points of view and compared with contemporary human behavior. Interbreeding with other species and the creation of new ones, the use of genetic engineering to cure diseases and the acknowledgement of DNA information as property when it is used for research or other objectives are considered.Resumen  Este articulo estudia la ambivalencia de la manipulacion genetica en la trilogia Xenogenesis  de Octavia Butler. Se estudia el paralelismo entre el comportamiento de la especie presentada en el libro, los Oankali, con respecto a la raza humana, mostrando el paralelismo con el comportamiento que la especie humana tiene con respecto a otras especies actualmente. Para ello se analizan tres aspectos presentes en la obra bajo estudio: la posibilidad de cruce entre especies, el uso de la manipulacion genetica para la cura de enfermedades y, el controvertido tema de la propiedad en lo que se refiere a la informacion genetica.

The Ambivalence of the Gene Trade in Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis Trilogy