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Adaptation and evolutionary theory
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Selection experiments on industrial melanism in the Lepidoptera
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How to Carry Out the Adaptationist Program?
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CLADISTIC TESTS OF ADAPTATIONAL HYPOTHESES
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brandon, R. N.
- Venue
- Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1978-09
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 181-206
- ISSN
- 0039-3681 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2042202314
- Cited by
- 378
- References
- 3
- FWCI
- 93.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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