What is "integrative biology"?

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-241

  Wake, Marvalee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0041402772     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.2.239     Document Type: Conference Paper

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