The Trials of Life: Natural Selection and Random Drift

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 452-473

  Walsh, Denis M ^a   Lewens, Tim ^b   Ariew, André ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0042378554     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/342456     Document Type: Article

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