The Fate of Darwinism: Evolution After the Modern Synthesis

Biological Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-102

  Depew, David J ^a   Weber, Bruce H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental Systems Theory; Ecological systems; Genetical Darwinism; Hierarchical expansion (of synthesis); Modern Evolutionary Synthesis; Natural selection; Niche construction; Self organization; Selfish gene theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986625777     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-011-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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