The atomic basis of biological symmetry and periodicity

BioSystems

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-135

  Lima De Faria, A ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atomic basis; Complexity; Emergence; Evolution; Periodicity; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; EVOLUTION; ORGANIZATION; PERIODICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030861166     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-2647(97)01694-8     Document Type: Article

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