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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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Published in:Biol Theory
Main Author: van Hateren, J. H.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer Netherlands 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5487967/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28680371
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13752-017-0261-y
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