The dark side of evolution: Caprice, deceit, redundancy

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-200

  Müller Wille, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptationism; Evolution; Extinction; Heredity; Mimicry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HEREDITY; HISTORY; PLANT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; HEREDITY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; PLANTS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 77949383574     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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