Macroevolutionary quantitative genetics? A comment on polly (2008)

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 182-185

  Hansen, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 69549129493     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-008-9027-6     Document Type: Review

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