Evolution and the textbook structure of biology

Science Education

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 395-418

  Moody, David E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0030537063     PISSN: 00368326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-237X(199607)80:4<395::AID-SCE2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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