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BL
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966785
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b721155
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| Title & Author
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Neutral models in biology /\ edited by Matthew H. Nitecki and Antoni Hoffman.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1987.
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1 online resource (166 pages) :: illustrations, portrait
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| ISBN
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0195364074
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: 1280440104
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: 1423735641
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: 1601296703
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: 6610440107
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: 9780195364071
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: 9781280440106
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: 9781423735649
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: 9781601296702
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: 9786610440108
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0195050991
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9780195050998
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Contributors; Introduction: Neutral Models as a Biological Research Strategy; I. MOLECULAR AND GENETIC MODELS; 1. Neutral Models in Molecular Evolution; 2. False Models as Means to Truer Theories; 3. Self-Organization, Selective Adaptation, and Its Limits: A New Pattern of Inference in Evolution and Development; II. ECOLOGICAL MODELS; 4. How to Be Objective in Community Studies; 5. On the Use of Null Hypotheses in Biogeography; III. PALEONTOLOGICAL MODELS; 6. Neutral Models in Paleobiology; 7. Neutral Model of Taxonomic Diversification in the Phanerozoic: A Methodological Discussion.
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| Abstract
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This is a book for biologists about the use of models in testing biological theory. Distinguished contributors describe the principles of modelling and tell how to apply models to research in molecular biology and genetics, ecology and evolution, and palaeontology.
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| Subject
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Biological models.
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Biology-- Mathematical models.
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Models, Biological.
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Biological models.
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Biologisches System
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Biology-- Mathematical models.
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Modell
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SCIENCE-- Life Sciences-- Biology.
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| Dewey Classification
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574/.07/24
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| LC Classification
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QH324.8.N47 1987eb
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| NLM classification
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QH 324.8N497 1987
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| Added Entry
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Hoffman, Antoni.
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Nitecki, Matthew H.
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