Contribution to the Energetics of Evolution

1922/06/01 by Alfred J. Lotka · 9 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Evolution and Genetic Dynamics

paper · doi:10.1073/pnas.8.6.147

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Abstract

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