On the dual nature of chance in evolutionary biology and paleobiology

Paleobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-87

  Eble, Gunther J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY;

EID: 0032992155     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373-25.1.75     Document Type: Article

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