Punctuated equilibria and punctuated environments
β Scribed by Lindsay, D.W.
- Book ID
- 109726132
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 135 KB
- Volume
- 296
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
- DOI
- 10.1038/296611a0
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