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biological individuality: a standalone construct

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biologicalindividuality1 CONSTRUCTBiological individualityCLARKE · PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLOGY

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Philosophy of biology

question of what counts as one organism or individual in biology, given colonies, clones and symbionts, answered by competing criteria.

In philosophy of biology, biological individuality refers to question of what counts as one organism or individual in biology, given colonies, clones and symbionts, answered by competing criteria. This meaning comes from Clarke (2010) in Biological Theory.[1]

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  1. Clarke, E. (2010). The Problem of Biological Individuality. Biological Theory, 5(4), 312-325. https://doi.org/10.1162/biot_a_00068

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