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Mohr, H. (1989). Is the Program of Molecular Biology Reductionistic?. In: Hoyningen-Huene, P., Wuketits, F.M. (eds) Reductionism and Systems Theory in the Life Sciences. Theory and Decision Library, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1003-4_6
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