The biology of identity

The Philosophers' Magazine 48:53-58 (2010)
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New genomic technologies provide more robust, discriminating and reproducible methods of assigning biological identity than anything that has previously been available. Given the extent to which these technologies are becoming embedded in everyday life, it seems inevitable that they will come to play an increasingly important role in the way we construct our individual and collective identities.

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