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    Leong Ting Lui, Z. Ron Yang, Andrew J. N. Robinson & Christopher C. B. Southgate

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Lui, L.T., Yang, Z.R., Robinson, A.J.N. et al. Interpretation and the Origin of Life. Biol Theory 5, 112–116 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1162/BIOT_a_00027

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