Toward a Predictive Framework for Convergent Evolution: Integrating Natural History, Genetic Mechanisms, and Consequences for the Diversity of Life*

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  2017-05-10

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Philosophy

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  DOI 10.1086/692111PMID 28731831
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