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From the frontline: 30 something science

What's being female got to do with anything, ask the scientists who are starting labs and having kids.

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Ledford, H., Petherick, A., Abbott, A. et al. From the frontline: 30 something science. Nature 495, 28–31 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/495028a

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