The Identity of Living Beings, Epigenetics, and the Modesty of Philosophy

Erkenntnis

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 279-298

  Boniolo, Giovanni ^a,b   Testa, Giuseppe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

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EID: 84858708752     PISSN: 01650106     EISSN: 15728420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10670-011-9308-9     Document Type: Article

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