Unpredictable evolution in a 30-year study of Darwin's finches.

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Published in Science on April 26, 2002

Authors

Peter R Grant1, B Rosemary Grant

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544-1003, USA. prgrantprinceton.edu.

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