Functional complexity in organisms: Parts as proxies

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 641-668

  McShea, Daniel W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complexity; Evolution; Function; Modularity; Parts

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0034525638     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006695908715     Document Type: Article

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