A radical solution to the species problem

Systematic Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1974, Pages 536-544

  Ghiselin, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological species; Philosophy; Systematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945329741     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/23.4.536     Document Type: Article

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