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Record 1 2022-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bioengineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique biologique
DEF

Paire d'énoncés qui représentent des choix exclusifs dans une clé d'identification.

CONT

[Les clés] sont destinées à permettre l'identification de taxons à partir de questions à termes opposés regroupées par couplet. [...] un terme de l'alternative d'un premier couplet renvoie au couplet suivant par l'intermédiaire de son numéro mis entre parenthèses dans le premier terme du second couplet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioingeniería
CONT

Una clave dicotómica es aquella que presenta dos alternativas contrastantes a escoger en cada etapa; cada par de alternativas a escoger se denomina copla.

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