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    Jürgen Gadau & Manfred D. Laubichler

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Gadau, J., Laubichler, M.D. Relatedness: Capturing Cohesion in Biological Systems. Biol Theory 1, 414–417 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2006.1.4.414

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