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- ↑ "Journal of Theoretical Biology", Journals, Elsevier, retrieved 2021-04-03
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- ↑ Denise Kirschner at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
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- ↑ "SIAM Announces Class of 2021 Fellows", SIAM News, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 31 March 2021, retrieved 2021-04-03