The Sarkar challenge to biosemiotics: Is there any information in a cell?

Semiotica

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 273-293

  Emmeche, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 0013663018     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/semi.1999.127.1-4.273     Document Type: Article

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