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. 2019 Aug 20;116(34):16674-16675.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1900143116. Epub 2019 Aug 13.

Spurious inference when comparing networks

Damien R Farine  1   2   3   4 , Lucy M Aplin  3   4   5
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Spurious inference when comparing networks

Damien R Farine et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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