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Comment
. 2014 Oct 14;5(5):e01993-14.
doi: 10.1128/mBio.01993-14.

Valuing knowledge: a reply to the epistemological perspective on the value of gain-of-function experiments

Nicholas Greig Evans  1
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Valuing knowledge: a reply to the epistemological perspective on the value of gain-of-function experiments

Nicholas Greig Evans. mBio. .
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