Philosophies of Particular Biological Research Programs

Biological Theory

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-187

  Krohs, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND COGNITION RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

adaptationism; biological fitness; developmental systems theory; evolutionary developmental biology; philosophy of biology; research programs; systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052097508     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2006.1.2.182     Document Type: Review

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