The Rise and Fall of Dominance

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-323

  Falk, Raphael ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bateson; Dominance; Evolution of dominance; Presence and absence hypothesis; Structural and functional genetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001502291     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010611605295     Document Type: Article

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