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The genetic theory of adaptation: a brief history
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Metadata
- Authors
- Orr, H. A.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Genetics
- Published
- 2005-02
- Volume
- 6
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 119-127
- ISSN
- 1471-0056 (ISSN-L)
- 1471-0064
- OpenAlex
- W2102795115
- Cited by
- 1,130
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 3.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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