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Selforganizology, 2015, 2(2): 35-38
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Coevolution: A synergy in biology and ecology

WenJun Zhang¹, GuangHua Liu²
¹School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China; International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Hong Kong
²Guangdong AIB Polytech College, Guangzhou 510507, China

Received 7 January 2015;Accepted 8 March 2015;Published online 1 June 2015
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Abstract
Synergy refers to that in an open and complex system consisting of a large number of subsystems, far from equilibrium, its subsystems interact in a nonlinear way to produce synergistic effects and thus make the system generate a self-organization structure in space/time with certain functions. Biologists and ecologists, tend to use coevolution/coadaptation to represent the terminology "synergy". Coevolution and research methodology were briefly discussed in present paper.

Keywords synergy;coevolution;coadaptation.

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