Laws in Darwinian evolutionary theory

Physics of Life Reviews

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-156

  Ao, P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Darwinian evolutionary theory; Dynamical laws in biology; Evolutionary potential; Fisher's fundamental theorem of natural selection; Fluctuation dissipation theorem; Hierarchy; Nonequilibrium processes; Stochastic differential equations; Wright's adaptive landscape

Indexed keywords

EID: 20344364613     PISSN: 15710645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plrev.2005.03.002     Document Type: Review

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