A SYSTEMS-ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO MACRO-EVOLUTIONARY PHENOMENA

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1977, Pages 351-370

  Riedl, Rupert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MUTATION; REVIEW; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EVOLUTION; FEEDBACK; GENES; INFORMATION THEORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

EID: 0017728436     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/410123     Document Type: Article

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