Natural Genome Editing from a Biocommunicative Perspective

Biosemiotics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-368

  Witzany, Guenther ^a  

^a Telos Philosophische Praxis ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Code concepts; Natural languages codes; Ribo agents consortia; Viral origins

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; EUTHERIA;

EID: 81355161718     PISSN: 18751342     EISSN: 18751350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12304-011-9111-7     Document Type: Review

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