The evolution of complexity without natural selection, a possible large-scale trend of the fourth kind

Paleobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2005, Pages 146-156

  McShea, Daniel W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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COMPLEXITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; PALEOBIOLOGY;

EID: 21344446512     PISSN: 00948373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1666/0094-8373(2005)031[0146:TEOCWN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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