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For help with information and comments on an earlier draft, thanks are due to Oren Falk, Oren Harman, Lenny Moss, and Stuart Newman.

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Sarkar, S. In Memoriam: Raphael Falk, 1929–2019. Biol Theory 16, 1–4 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-020-00368-1

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