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Name: What is a species?
ID: m12637
Language: English (en)
Summary: What is a species? In the past, scientists classified living things into categories based primarily on morphological characteristics, such as beak size, tail length, and coat patterning. Today, scientists use several methods, including genetic analyses, as described below.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: biology, history of science, species
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 1.0
Authors: Alison Fromme (alisonfromme@nasw.org)
Copyright Holders: Alison Fromme (alisonfromme@nasw.org)
Maintainers: Alison Fromme (alisonfromme@nasw.org)
Latest version: 1.2 (history)
First publication date: Nov 18, 2004 12:53 pm US/Central
Last revision to module: Jan 21, 2006 12:28 am US/Central
Module XML: m12637_1.2.cnxml

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Version: 1.2 Jan 21, 2006 12:28 am US/Central by Alison Fromme
Changes: 
typo corrected
Version: 1.1 Feb 9, 2005 6:52 pm US/Central by Alison Fromme
Changes: 
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