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Theories of Growth and Senescence

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IN the thoughtful and stimulating criticism of my book, “The Chemical Basis of Growth and Senescence,” which appeared under the above title in NATURE of August 23, there occur one or two statements in which my actual views are not correctly represented, due, no doubt, to inadequacy of expression upon my part. I desire to seize the opportunity created by the appearance of this criticism to express my views more clearly without entering into a detailed discussion of numerous other matters in which the reviewer and I chance, for the moment, to differ in opinion.

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ROBERTSON, T. Theories of Growth and Senescence. Nature 114, 896–897 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114896a0

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