In the light of evolution III: two centuries of Darwin.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on June 15, 2009

Authors

John C Avise1, Francisco J Ayala

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. javise@uci.edu

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