From cybernetics to semiotics in biology

Semiotica

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 403-419

  Sharov, Alexei A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 12444254703     PISSN: 00371998     EISSN: 16133692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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