Biological Information

A Companion to the Philosophy of Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 22-39

  Artmann, Stefan ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Code mapping; Ethology; Macroevolutionary transitions; Molecular genetics; Mutagens

Indexed keywords

EID: 65049086512     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696590.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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