Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913): The forgotten co-founder of the Neo-Darwinian theory of biological evolution

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 207-214

  Kutschera, Ulrich ^a   Hossfeld, Uwe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOLOGY; ART; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; PUBLIC FIGURE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; FAMOUS PERSONS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84882530962     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-013-0187-2     Document Type: Editorial

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