Adaptionism - 30 years after gould and lewontin

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2487-2490

  Nielsen, Rasmus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DNA; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENOMICS; SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EVOLUTION; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 70349873723     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00799.x     Document Type: Article

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