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Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy and Identity: A Comment on an Exchange Between Inmaculada de Melo-Martin and John Harris

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2018

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4. See note 1, de Melo-Martín 2017, at 160.

5. See note 2, Harris 2017, at 166–7.

6. See note 3, Harris 2016, at 11.

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9. I owe this argument to Iain Brassington.

10. See note 8, Tuppen et al. 2010, at 117.

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12. See note 3, Harris 2016.

13. Nuffield Council on Bioethics. Novel Techniques for the Prevention of Mitochondrial DNA Disorders: An Ethical Review. London: Nuffield Council on Bioethics; 2012, at 53.

14. See note 2, Harris 2017.

15. See note 3, Harris 2016.