Integration without unification: An argument for pluralism in the biological sciences

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Mitchell, Sandra D ^a   Dietrich, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary synthesis; Integration; Molecular evolution; Pluralism; Unification

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FRAGMENTATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFLICT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY;

DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 33845235827     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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