Reflections on DNA: The contribution of genetics to an energy-based model of ultimate reality and meaning

Ultimate Reality and Meaning

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 274-294

  Modell, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 60949167140     PISSN: 0709549X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/uram.25.4.274     Document Type: Article

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