Acquisition of an animal gene by microsporidian intracellular parasites
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Acquisition of an animal gene by microsporidian intracellular parasites Correspondence Any scientific heroes? Hermann von Helmholtz, of course, and Richard Feynman. Both were physicists. Helmholtz was also both a physiologist and a psychophysicist, perhaps the best ever. Feynman was neither but his curiosity and his clarity are inspirational. His ability to observe was not bad either — remember the Challenger enquiry and the O ring? I cannot resist adding Julesz and Campbell, reluctant bedfellows though they may have made.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Current Biology
دوره 21 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011