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Understanding Bias in the Introduction of Variation as an Evolutionary Cause 理解偏差在引入变异作为进化原因中的作用

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 2018-05-15 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0004

A. Stoltzfus

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Decoupling, Commingling, and the Evolutionary Significance of Experiential Niche Construction 体验生态位构建的解耦、融合及其进化意义

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 2018-04-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0015

Lynn Chiu

引用次数: 12

Incorporating the Environmentally Sensitive Phenotype into Evolutionary Thinking 将环境敏感表现型纳入进化思维

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0006

引用次数: 3

Genotype-Environment Interaction and the Unscripted Reaction Norm 基因型-环境相互作用和无脚本反应规范

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0007

引用次数: 11

Biological Information in Developmental and Evolutionary Systems 发育和进化系统中的生物信息

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0016

引用次数: 1

Ontology, Causality, and Methodology of Evolutionary Research Programs 演化研究计画的本体论、因果关系与方法论

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0013

J. Otsuka

引用次数: 4

A Darwinian Dream: On Time, Levels, and Processes in Evolution 达尔文的梦:论进化的时间、水平和过程

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0014

引用次数: 9

Understanding Niche Construction as an Evolutionary Process 理解生态位构建是一个进化过程

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0008

引用次数: 14

Series Foreword 系列前言

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0001

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Contributors 贡献者

Evolutionary Causation Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.7551/mitpress/11693.003.0017

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