Organisms and Organization

Biological Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-223

  Wake, Marvalee H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

centrality; emergent properties; form and function; hierarchies; integration; module; organism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952066048     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2008.3.3.213     Document Type: Article

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