Controversies in meme theory

Journal of Memetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 66-76

  Rose, Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Meme Lab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lamarckism; Meme theory; Phenotype; Replicator; Self centred; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038003668     PISSN: 13664786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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