Parsimony and the fisher-wright debate

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 697-713

  Plutynski, Anya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayes' theorem; Density dependence; Epistasis; Genetic drift; Likelihood; Parsimony; Probability; Ronald Fisher; Sewall Wright; Shifting balance

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS;

WRIGHTIA;

EID: 33644620710     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-004-7044-0     Document Type: Article

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