Integrating proximate and ultimate causation: Just one more go!

Current Science

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1180-1183

  Thierry, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Causality; Constraint; Epigenesis; Evolution; Finality

Indexed keywords

EID: 31644451008     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: 00113891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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