The Units of Selection Revisited: The Modules of Selection

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-180

  Brandon, Robert N ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Levels of selection; Modularity; Units of selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000212274     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006682200831     Document Type: Article

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