Self-similarity in biological classifications.

doi:10.1016/0303-2647(91)90040-r

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Self-similarity in biological classifications.

Bio Systems - 1 Jan 1991

Minelli A, Fusco G, Sartori S

Abstract excerpt

Size distributions of supraspecific taxa, e.g. genera, measured as the number of included subtaxa, e.g. species, are found to follow a power law. This behaviour has been verified for a number of taxa of different size and taxonomic rank, thus suggesting a fractal structure of biological classific...

Topics

Animals
Classification
Genetic Variation
Models, Biological

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