Natural selection 150 years on

Nature

Volumn 457, Issue 7231, 2009, Pages 808-811

  Pagel, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGENESIS; CONTINGENCY TABLE; EVOLUTIONARY RATE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MATE CHOICE; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SURVIVOR;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; GENETIC SPECIATION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SELECTION (GENETICS);

EID: 60149083219     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07889     Document Type: Review

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