The rise and fall of the adaptive landscape?

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 605-623

  Plutynski, Anya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; Heuristic; Metaphor; Model; Sewall Wright

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HEURISTICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHILOSOPHY;

EID: 59849117630     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-008-9128-8     Document Type: Article

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