More on how and why: A response to commentaries

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 793-810

  Laland, Kevin N ^a   Odling Smee, John ^c   Hoppitt, William ^b   Uller, Tobias ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental bias; Developmental plasticity; Extended evolutionary synthesis; Mayr; Niche construction; Proximate causation; Ultimate causation

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; NICHE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

EID: 84881613136     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-013-9380-4     Document Type: Article

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