Performing abstraction: Two ways of modelling Arabidopsis thaliana

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 509-528

  Leonelli, Sabina ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abstraction; Arabidopsis thaliana; Commitments; Model organisms; Modelling; Skills; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; BIOLOGY; MODELING;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 49049099258     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-007-9081-y     Document Type: Article

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