The meme metaphor

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 227-242

  Jeffreys, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; LITERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CULTURAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034541087     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2000.0004     Document Type: Article

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