Conceptual barriers to progress within evolutionary biology

Foundations of Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-216

  Laland, Kevin N ^a   Odling Smee, John ^b   Feldman, Marcus W ^c   Kendal, Jeremy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Ecological inheritance; Ecosystem ecology; Evolutionary biology; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES; ECOLOGICAL INHERITANCE; ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY CHANGES; EVOLUTIONARY THEORIES; EXPLANATORY POWER;

ECOSYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BIOLOGY;

EID: 67651111878     PISSN: 12331821     EISSN: 15728471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10699-008-9153-8     Document Type: Article

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