Evolution in fossil lineages: Paleontology and the Origin of Species

American Naturalist

Volumn 176, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages

  Hunt, Gene ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charles Darwin; Diversity dependence; Fossil record; Gradualism; Modes of evolution; Stasis

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; FOSSILIZATION; GRADUALISM; NATURAL SELECTION; ORIGIN OF LIFE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; PALEONTOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FOSSILS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; SELECTION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650900276     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/657057     Document Type: Article

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