Can biological complexity be rationalized?

BioScience

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 333-340

  Finlay, Bland J ^a   Esteban, Genoveva F ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological complexity; Food chains; Multiple cell types; Phagotrophy; Sequestered chloroplasts

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 67649816017     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2009.59.4.11     Document Type: Article

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