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Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-38

  Bellomo, N ^a   Carbonaro, B ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active particles; Evolution; Genes and genome; Living systems; Mutations; Nonlinear interactions; Stochastic games

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952191787     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2011.02.004     Document Type: Note

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