Convergent evolution as natural experiment: The tape of life reconsidered

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Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Powell, Russell ^a   Mariscal, Carlos ^b  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contingency; Convergence; Exobiology; Experiment; Laws; Stephen Jay Gould

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945261507     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2015.0040     Document Type: Article

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