Introduction to computer-intensive methods of data analysis in biology

Introduction to Computer-Intensive Methods of Data Analysis in Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-368

  Roff, Derek A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511616785     Document Type: Book

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