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Evolution: Its levels and its units

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

F. J. Odling-Smee
Affiliation:
Departments of Applied Biology and Psychology, Brunei University, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, England
H. C. Plotkin
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, England

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