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Nature 389, 441-443 (2 October 1997) | doi:10.1038/38895
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Kinetic theory: Optimal paths and irreversibility
Mark Millonas1
What do mutations in a genetic sequence, conformational changes in proteins, an electron escaping out of a deep energy well, and the nucleation of galaxies in the early Universe have in common? They are all events that involve large, rare fluctuations.
- Mark Millonas is in the Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, University of Chicago (MC6094), 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA.
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