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Biological Metaphor and Cladistic Classification Reprint 2016 Edition
Contributor(s): Hoenigswald, Henry M. (Editor), Wiener, Linda F. (Editor)
ISBN: 0812280148     ISBN-13: 9780812280142
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
OUR PRICE:   $90.25  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 1987
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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
 
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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.