The many faces of the gene

BioScience

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 656-662

  Griffiths, Paul E ^a   Neumann Held, Eva M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b European Acad Stud of Consequences   (Germany)

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EID: 0032802609     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313441     Document Type: Short Survey

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