Species as family resemblance concepts: The (dis-)solution of the species problem?

BioEssays

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 596-602

  Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EMPIRICISM; EVOLUTION; FAMILIA; LITERATURE; PHILOSOPHY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SPECIES;

EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038457832     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.10284     Document Type: Review

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