Non-genetic heterogeneity, criticality and cell differentiation
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Non-genetic heterogeneity, criticality and cell differentiation.
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Biology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1478-3975
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/12/1/016001