Historicity and experimental evolution

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-364

  Desjardins, Eric ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingency; Experimental evolution; Historicty; LTEE; Path dependence; Unpredictability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PHILOSOPHY; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 79956312952     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-011-9256-4     Document Type: Article

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