Could nonshared environmental variance have evolved to assure diversification through randomness?

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-221

  Miller, Edward M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Canalization; Contrast effects; Diversification; Evolution; Genetic determinism; Nonshared environmental variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031139044     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(96)00117-1     Document Type: Article

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