The importance of homology for biology and philosophy

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 633-641

  Brigandt, Ingo ^a   Griffiths, Paul E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35448930202     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9094-6     Document Type: Editorial

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