The autonomy of biology: The position of biology among the sciences

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-106

  Mayr, Ernst ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0013692380     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/419270     Document Type: Article

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