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Review
. 2007 Jul;5(7):e181.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050181. Epub 2007 Jul 17.

Stoichiometry and the new biology: the future is now

James J Elser  1 , Andrew Hamilton
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Review

Stoichiometry and the new biology: the future is now

James J Elser et al. PLoS Biol. 2007 Jul.

Abstract

There is a call for biological science to move away from the reductionist focus of the past, but there are large-scale integrative efforts already underway; biological stoichiometry provides one such example.

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