Diseases are Not Adaptations and Neither are Their Causes
- 12 May 2020
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Biological Theory
- Vol. 15 (3), 136-142
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-020-00350-x
Abstract
No abstract availableFunding Information
- ARC Discovery Project (DP130101774)
- Australian Laureate Fellowship (FL170100160)
- John Templeton Foundation (60811)
- Marsden Fund (18-MAU-63)
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