G. ledyard stebbins, Jr. and the evolutionary synthesis (1924-1950)1

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1625-1637

  Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anderson, edgar; California botany; Dobzhansky, theodosius; Evolutionary synthesis; Harvard botany; History of botany; Stebbins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001644984     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2446460     Document Type: Article

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