The plausibility of life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma

The Plausibility of Life: Resolving Darwin's Dilemma

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-314

  Kirschner, Marc W ^a   Gerhart, John C ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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