Brainless but Multi-Headed: Decision Making by the Acellular Slime Mould Physarum polycephalum.

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• Publication year

  2015

• Venue

  Journal of Molecular Biology

• Publication date

  2015-11-20

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.07.007PMID 26189159
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