foundational

Core concepts upon which other understanding builds. Foundational principles in biology—like natural selection or thermodynamics—constrain and enable all higher-level phenomena.

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The Only Thing That Matters

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Extraterrestrial Cause for the Cretaceous-Tertiary Extinction

Design Rules: The Power of Modularity

Emergence of Scaling in Random Networks

Mammalian hibernation: cellular and molecular responses to depressed metabolism and low temperature

Power-law distributions in empirical data

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Sexual Selection Theory Development

The Power of Movement in Plants

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Mass Extinctions in the Marine Fossil Record

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