Bottom–up protocell design: Gaining insights in the emergence of complex functions

Evolutionary Biology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 81-94

  Wieczorek, Rafał ^a   Wamberg, Michael C ^a   Albertsen, Anders N ^a   Löffler, Philipp M G ^a   Monnard, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84927545715     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38212-3_6     Document Type: Chapter

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