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Biological causal links on physiological and evolutionary time scales
Correlation does not imply causation. If two variables, say A and B, are correlated, it could be because A causes B, or that B causes A, or because a third factor affects them both. We suggest that in many cases in biology, the causal link might be bi-directional: A causes B through a fast-acting ph...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846369/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27113916 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.14424 |