Evo-devo and "typological thinking": An exculpation

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 312, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 789-796

  Lewens, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 70449109347     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21292     Document Type: Article

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