Measuring Biology

Biological Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Bookstein, Fred L ^a,b   Schaefer, Katrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 85131806660     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2009.4.1.1     Document Type: Editorial

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