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variables generating the observed data. This does not imply that all the cases of
causality can be discovered in this way. Of course, other more complex relations
can remain hidden or misunderstood. However, when observed phenomena are
produced by big population dynamics, the methods is statistically reliable. This
is the case of a lot of important biological processes due to the molecule population
interactions. When causes depend on the actions of single or few molecules,
of course, statistics is out of order.
Acknowledgements
We thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments. The work
of the authors from Iaşi was supported by a grant of the Romanian National
Authority for Scientific Research, CNCS-UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-ID-
PCE-2011-3-0919.
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