On the "Origin" of Natural Selection by Means of Speciation

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-304

  Flegr, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Evolution; Fitness; Heritability; Punctuated equilibrium; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005140096     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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