A theory of biological relativity: no privileged level of causation

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  2012

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  Interface Focus

• Publication date

  2012-02-06

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  Biology, Medicine, Philosophy, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0067PMID 23386960PMCID PMC3262309
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