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The Troop Trope: Baboon Behavior as a Model System in the Postwar Period 部队比喻:战后时期狒狒的行为模式

Science without Laws Pub Date : 2007-08-13 DOI: 10.1215/9780822390244-005

S. Sperling

引用次数: 1

Wormy Logic: Model Organisms as Case-Based Reasoning 蠕虫逻辑:基于案例推理的模式生物

Science without Laws Pub Date : 2006-03-01 DOI: 10.1515/9780822390244-003

R. Ankeny

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引用次数: 11

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