DNA and differential geometry

DOI10.1007/BF03023391zbMath0447.92013WikidataQ60325433 ScholiaQ60325433MaRDI QIDQ1146628

William F. Pohl

Publication date: 1980

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

spatial structure of DNA

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Global differential geometry (53C99) Genetics and epigenetics (92D10)

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