The flagellum unspun: The collapse of irreducible complexity

Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 81-97

  Miller, Kenneth R ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84925589375     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511804823.006     Document Type: Chapter

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