The epigenome and top-down causation

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Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-48

  Davies, P C W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Emergence; Epigenetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860896670     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0070     Document Type: Article

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