Belt-and-suspenders as a biological design principle

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 605, Issue , 2008, Pages 99-103

  Mellen, Nicholas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; INVERTEBRATE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; INVERTEBRATES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 38449110791     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-73693-8_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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