Evolution: What Is an Organism?

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  West, Stuart A ^a   Kiers, E Toby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 71649100510     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.048     Document Type: Short Survey

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