Drift and the causes of evolution

Causality in the Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Sarkar, Sahotra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Drift; Dynamical interpretation of evolution; Evolution; Selection; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893246247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199574131.003.0021     Document Type: Chapter

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