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  1. David Penny has just moved from the Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK
    David Penny
  2. the Department of Botany and Zoology, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    David Penny

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Penny, D. What was the first living cell?.Nature 331, 111–112 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1038/331111a0

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