Fashioning descriptive models in biology: Of worms and wiring diagrams

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 67, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

  Ankeny, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0348105152     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/392824     Document Type: Article

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