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  1. Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat de València, Spain

    Juli Peretó

  2. Instituto de Humanidades Ángel Ayala-CEU, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, Alfara del Patriarca, Spain

    Jesús Català

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Peretó, J., Català, J. The Renaissance of Synthetic Biology. Biol Theory 2, 128–130 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2007.2.2.128

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