Gene-culture coevolutionary theory

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 453-457

  Feldman, Marc W ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001736696     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10052-5     Document Type: Review

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