Beyond Darwin: Evolvability and the generation of novelty

BMC Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kirschner, Marc ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84887963635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-110     Document Type: Article

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