Biological mechanisms: Organized to maintain autonomy

Systems Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 269-302

  Bechtel, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452085-2/50014-0     Document Type: Chapter

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