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On the Possibility of Constructive Neutral Evolution
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Metadata
- Authors
- Stoltzfus, A.
- Venue
- Journal of Molecular Evolution
- Published
- 1999-08
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 169-181
- ISSN
- 0022-2844 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2158292347
- Cited by
- 533
- References
- 72
- FWCI
- 3.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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