Towards a general theory of biological signaling

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 139-156

  Hasson, Oren ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0031582081     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0258     Document Type: Article

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