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Did dawkins recant his selfish gene argument against group selection? 道金斯是否放弃了他反对群体选择的自私基因论点?
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.19272/202311402005
Koen B Tanghe
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Editorial. 社论。
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2023-07-01
David M Lambert
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Origin of insect wings, metamorphosis, pupae and the maj or insect orders. 昆虫翅膀的起源,变态,蛹和主要昆虫目。
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.19272/202311402006
Robert Bligh Toms
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Ontogeny and phylogeny of mating behaviour: social heteroch rony in primates. 交配行为的个体发育和系统发育:灵长类动物的社会异位。
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.19272/202311402002
Fabien Génin, Hajarimanitra Rambeloarivony, Daniele Silvestro, Judith C Masters
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Judith masters, fabien génin. Obituary for two unique and talented evolutionary biologists. 朱迪思大师,法比安·盖宁。悼念两位独特而有才华的进化生物学家。
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.19272/202311402003
David Lambert
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A third way to the selected effect/causal role distinction in the great encode debate. 第三种方式选择的影响/因果作用的区别在大编码辩论。
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2023-07-01 DOI: 10.19272/202311402004
Ehud Lamm, Sophie Juliane Veigl
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Trust and Credit in Organizations and Institutions 组织和机构中的信任和信用
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-4979-1
M. Nakamaru
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A Primer on Population Dynamics Modeling 人口动力学建模入门
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-6016-1
H. Seno
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引用次数: 3
Getting Started in Mathematical Life Sciences 数学生命科学入门
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-19-8257-6
Makoto Sato
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Nonparametric clustering for longitudinal functional data with the application to H-NMR spectra of kidney transplant patients. Longitudinal functional data clustering. 纵向功能数据的非参数聚类及其在肾移植患者H-NMR谱中的应用。纵向功能数据聚类。
IF 1.5 4区 生物学
Theoretical Biology Forum Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI: 10.19272/202111401003
Minzhen Xie, Haiyan Liu, Jeanine Houwing-Duistermaat
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