the hierarchy of biological organization
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The Hierarchy of Biological Organization. Emergent properties. Novel properties that appear at each level of the biological hierarchy as a result of interactions among components at the lower levels “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Hierarchy of Biological
Organization
Emergent properties
• Novel properties that appear at each level of the biological hierarchy as a result of interactions among components at the lower levels
• “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
Structure and function are correlated at all levels of biological
organization