Redundancy, plasticity, and detachment: The implications of comparative genomics for evolutionary thinking

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 930-946

  Moss, Lenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35348874713     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518778     Document Type: Conference Paper

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