Evolution: What is an organism?

S.A. West; E.T. Kiers

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.048

Evolution: What is an organism?

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Defining an organism has long been a tricky problem for biologists. Recent work has shown how an approach based on adaptation can solve this problem, giving a conceptually simple two-dimensional measure of 'organismality'. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1080-1082
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.048
Publication status	Published - 2009

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