Morphé and Evolution

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 227-266

  Damiani, Giuseppe ^a   Franca, Paola Della ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Fractal; Hypercycle; Metabolism; Morphogenesis; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347170734     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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