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Symmetry, beauty and evolution
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Metadata
- Authors
- Enquist, M., & Arak, A.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1994-11
- Volume
- 372
- Issue
- 6502
- Pages
- 169-172
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2046117020
- Cited by
- 462
- References
- 15
- FWCI
- 19.04
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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