Convergent evolution and the limits of natural selection

European Journal for Philosophy of Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 355-373

  Powell, Russell ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptationism; Contingency; Convergence; Macroevolution; Parallelism; Stephen Jay Gould

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871660967     PISSN: 18794912     EISSN: 18794920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13194-012-0047-9     Document Type: Article

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