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Life, logic and information

Focusing on information flow will help us to understand better how cells and organisms work.

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I would like to thank members of my laboratory and Emily Nurse for their helpful comments on this article.

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Nurse, P. Life, logic and information. Nature 454, 424–426 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/454424a

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