Intervening in evolution: Ethics and actions

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 5477-5480

  Ehrlich, Paul R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ETHICS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY;

BIOETHICS; EVOLUTION; HUMANS;

EID: 0035826702     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.091093898     Document Type: Article

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