Theodor Boveri and the natural experiment

@article{Maderspacher2008TheodorBA,
  title={Theodor Boveri and the natural experiment},
  author={Florian Maderspacher},
  journal={Current Biology},
  year={2008},
  volume={18},
  pages={R279-R286}
}
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