Species as explanatory hypotheses: Refinements and implications

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 201-248

  Fitzhugh, Kirk ^a  

^a NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abduction; Inference; Ontogeny; Phylogeny; Species; Species concepts; Systematics; Taxa; Tokogeny

Indexed keywords

AUTOGAMY; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HERMAPHRODITE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NOMENCLATURE; ONTOGENY; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PARTHENOGENESIS; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES CONCEPT; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 68949184385     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10441-009-9071-3     Document Type: Article

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