Mechanistic Analysis of Natural Selection and a Refinement of Lack's and Williams's Principles

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• Publication year

  1999

• Venue

  American Naturalist

• Publication date

  1999-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1086/303281PMID 29586707
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