Whose hypothesis? Ciphering, sectorials, D lesions, freckles and the operation of Stigler's Law

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 571-581

  Kern, Scott E ^a  

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ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MUTATION; NEOPLASM; ONCOGENE; RETINOBLASTOMA;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; ONCOGENES; RETINOBLASTOMA;

EID: 1542671859     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.1.5.225     Document Type: Article

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