Does Darwin's Pangenesis have fatal flaws?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1492-1493

  Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Li, Xiuju ^a,b  

^a HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CELL DEATH; DOMESTICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GRAFT HYBRIDIZATION; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MEDICINE;

EID: 84867597464     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys132     Document Type: Letter

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