Modelling 'evo-devo' with RNA

BioEssays

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1164-1177

  Fontana, Walter ^a  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GENOTYPE; KINETICS; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RNA; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036903361     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10190     Document Type: Review

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