| Biological Metaphor and Cladistic Classification Reprint 2016 Edition Contributor(s): Hoenigswald, Henry M. (Editor), Wiener, Linda F. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0812280148 ISBN-13: 9780812280142 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1987 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Life Sciences - Taxonomy - History | Historiography |
| Dewey: 574.012 |
| LCCN: 87005019 |
| Lexile Measure: 1440 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.32 lbs) 294 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |