Biology majors' knowledge and misconceptions of natural selection

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-272

  Nehm, Ross H ^a   Reilly, Leah ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Evolution; Misconceptions; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848824489     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B570311     Document Type: Review

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