Molecular paleoscience: Systems biology from the past

Advances in Enzymology and Related Areas of Molecular Biology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-132

  Benner, Steven A ^a   Sassi, Slim O ^a   Gaucher, Eric A ^a  

^a FOUNDATION FOR APPLIED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION   (United States)

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ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

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