Fit and Diversity: Explaining Adaptive Evolution

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 280-301

  Walsh, Denis M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1542498584     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/375468     Document Type: Review

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