La biología enloquecida

Diana Crow1

  • 1Cambridge, MA, USA.

Cell
|July 15, 2017
PubMed
Resumen

Los biólogos de campo realizan experimentos semi-salvajes para comprender el comportamiento de los genes, las células y los organismos en entornos naturales. Esto implica enfoques específicos y la superación de numerosos desafíos de investigación de campo.

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