The balance of nature: Reflections on the physics and mathematics structure of the living world and the human genome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1781-1787

  Martínez Frías, María Luisa ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

CELL DIVISION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FORCE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC DRIFT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NATURAL SCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; GENOME;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; FRACTALS; GENETIC DRIFT; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 47349090600     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32337     Document Type: Review

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