Optimization Theory in Plant Evolution: An Overview of Long-Term Evolutionary Prospects in the Angiosperms

Botanical Review

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-251

  Allem, Antonio C ^a  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

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