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A Unifying Theory of Biological Function

A new theory that naturalizes biological function is explained and compared with earlier etiological and causal role theories. Etiological (or selected effects) theories explain functions from how they are caused over their evolutionary history. Causal role theories analyze how functional mechanisms...

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Autor principal: van Hateren, J. H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Netherlands 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5487967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680371
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13752-017-0261-y