New thinking about biological evolution

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 268-275

  Bateson, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active organism; Adaptability driver; Baldwin effect; Choice; Development; Genetic accommodation; Genetic assimilation; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; MOBILITY; PHYLOGENETICS;

EID: 84901199703     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12125     Document Type: Article

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