Catastrophes and complex networks in genomically unstable tumorigenesis

Multiscale Cancer Modeling

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 67-85

  Solé, Ricard V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 84897949420     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10407     Document Type: Chapter

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