Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Mayr , Ernst (2004-08-09), What Makes Biology Unique?, Retrieved on 2012-06-12
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    12 JUN 2012

     Individuals VS Species

    The assumptions of population thinking are diametrically opposed to those of the typologist. The populationist stresses the uniqueness of everything in the organic world. What is true for the human species,–that no two individuals are alike, is equally true for all other species of animals and plants ... All organisms and organic phenomena are composed of unique features and can be described collectively only in statistical terms. Individuals, or any kind of organic entities, form populatio...
    Folksonomies: taxonomy perspective
    Folksonomies: taxonomy perspective
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    Species are classified according to a mean, the perspective is to ignore the variation within the species.

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