Becoming organisms: The organisation of development and the development of organisation

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2010, Pages 289-316

  De La Rosa, Laura Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Development; Functional integration; Morphogenesis; Organicism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MORPHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH; THEOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MORPHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH; THEOLOGY;

EID: 78650821162     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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