Adaptation as organism design

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 861-864

  Gardner, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Darwinism; Natural selection; Optimization; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NATURAL SELECTION; OPTIMIZATION; POPULATION GENETICS;

EID: 71649083001     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0674     Document Type: Article

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