Charles Darwin's Origin of Species, directional selection, and the evolutionary sciences today

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1247-1263

  Kutschera, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charles Darwin; Evolutionary biology; Natural selection; Symbiogenesis; Synthetic theory

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; PLANT; PROKARYOTE; SYMBIOSIS;

BARNACLE; BIOGENESIS; COLORADO POTATO BEETLE; ENDOSYMBIOSIS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ANIMALS; BIOGENESIS; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PORTRAITS AS TOPIC; SELECTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; MYA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 70349904511     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-009-0603-0     Document Type: Review

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