Test cases, resolvability, and group selection: A critical examination of the myxoma case

Philosophy of Science

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 380-401

  Wilson, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 4043163420     PISSN: 00318248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421539     Document Type: Article

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