id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_5pd4ik7dzzhjhkhmyid4js7dsq Paul E. Griffiths Function, Homology, and Character Individuation* 2006 42 .pdf application/pdf 11132 663 51 is simply that that selected function is the means by which biologists define the parts and biological categories of part and process are defined by their selected function. selected function also plays a major role in the biological sciences. phylogeny and homology, the other by selected functional classifications (Griffiths 1994, 3 Important recent collections on homology and the character concept include (Hall 1994, 1999; Schlosser Like biological taxa, the homologous parts of organisms form groups within groups. 'biological' (Wagner 1989) approaches, however, treat characters as homologous if the Neander (2002) is highly critical of my claim that "A homologous trait is a character that species which has lost the homologous character through evolution. functional characters in diagnosing homology! structural character, functions may be considered homologous if they characterize a characters that has a history of selection for that function ——— (2002), "Types of Traits: Function, structure and homology in the classification ./cache/work_5pd4ik7dzzhjhkhmyid4js7dsq.pdf ./txt/work_5pd4ik7dzzhjhkhmyid4js7dsq.txt