The best and the worst of times for evolutionary biology

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-255

  Avise, John C ^a  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Education; Environment; Genetic engineering; Natural history

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037334285     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0247:TBATWO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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