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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.”.
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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