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Genetically modified abominations?
Author(s) -
Kwieciński Jakub
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.1038/embor.2009.230
Subject(s) - genetically modified organism , irrational number , positive economics , economics , biology , genetics , geometry , mathematics , gene
Our sometimes‐irrational aversion to certain taboos is often rooted in rational, historical explanations. Modern societies have disposed of many historically relevant taboos, but Jakub Kwieciński wonders whether aversion to genetically modified organisms might be one of those that remains