The niche construction perspective: A critical appraisal

Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1231-1243

  Scott Phillips, Thomas C ^a   Laland, Kevin N ^b   Shuker, David M ^b   Dickins, Thomas E ^c,d   West, Stuart A ^e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Adaptationism; Evolution; Natural selection; Niche; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE;

EID: 84899897627     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evo.12332     Document Type: Article

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