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Biological Metaphor and Cladistic Classification

Biological Metaphor and Cladistic Classification

Hardcover

Series: Anniversary Collection

BiologyHistoriography

ISBN10: 0812280148
ISBN13: 9780812280142
Publisher: Univ Penn Pr Anniversary Colle
Published: Apr 29 1987
Pages: 294
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The dynamic aspect of biological systems--the birth, growth, and death of individual organisms, the evolution of one form into another over time--has formed the basis for metaphors used in many fields for both artistic and heuristic purposes. Cladistic classification uses a tree whose branch points are based on the possession of derived or relatively recent characteristics, rather than primitive ones.

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