The capricious character of nature

Life

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-169

  Keto, Jaana ^a   Annila, Arto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Evolution; Free energy; Natural selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894328660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20751729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/life2010165     Document Type: Article

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