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Conrad Waddington and the origin of epigenetics.

The Journal of experimental biology - 1 Mar 2015

Noble Denis

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Denis Noble discusses Conrad Waddington's classic paper, "The genetic assimilation of the bithorax phenotype", published in Evolution in 1956.

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PMID: 25788723
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.120071

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