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CANALIZATION OF DEVELOPMENT AND THE INHERITANCE OF ACQUIRED CHARACTERS

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Authors: WADDINGTON, C. H.
Affiliations: University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author: WADDINGTON, C. H.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1942-11
Volume: 150
Issue: 3811
Pages: 563-565
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/150563a0
OpenAlex: W2094902224
Cited by: 3,255
References: 14
Citations by year: 2026: 111 · 2025: 127 · 2024: 122 · 2023: 109 · 2022: 162 · 2021: 140 · 2020: 168 · 2019: 162 · 2018: 168 · 2017: 145 · 2016: 149 · 2015: 192 · 2014: 150 · 2013: 172 · 2012: 127
FWCI: 1.73
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Nature (publishedVersion)
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Philosophy of Biology and Scientific Explanation
Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Language and cultural evolution
Keywords: inheritance of acquired characteristics, Lamarckism, use and disuse, natural selection, random mutation, gene-environment interaction, adaptive evolution, heritable variation

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