The Renaissance or the cuckoo clock

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1584, 2011, Pages 3625-3634

  Pines, Jonathon ^a   Hagan, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Checkpoint; Kinase; Mitosis; Phosphatase

Indexed keywords

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; CULTURAL TRADITION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOCRACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL HISTORY; WAR;

ITALY; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 81055155410     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0080     Document Type: Review

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