On the unfitness of natural selection to explain sexual reproduction, and the difficulties that remain

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-272

  Van Rossum, Joris P ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Darwinism; Explanation; Genic selectionism; Natural selection; Naturalism; Replicator; Reproducer; Sexual reproduction; System theory; Teleology; Teleonomy; Units of selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751362266     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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