Populations as Individuals

Biological Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-273

  Millstein, Roberta L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biological individual; drift; Ghiselin Hull individuality thesis; population; selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952740846     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2009.4.3.267     Document Type: Article

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