The series, the network, and the tree: Changing metaphors of order in nature

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-496

  Rieppel, Olivier ^a  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cladograms; K. R. Popper; Networks; Phylogenetic trees; Species; W. Hennig

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENE EXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

EPITONIUM;

EID: 77956247749     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-010-9216-4     Document Type: Article

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