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8.7 million: A new estimate for all the complex species on earth
Strain, D. (2011). 8.7 million: A new estimate for all the complex species on earth. Science (Wash.) 333(6046): 1083. https://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.333.6046.1083
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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  • Strain, D.
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    A novel type of analysis, which takes advantage of an apparently natural mathematical pattern in the biodiversity produced by evolution, has settled on a tally of 8.7 million eukaryotic species, give or take a million.
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