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The Role of Self-Organization in Developmental Systems Theory and the Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution

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Barberousse, A. The Role of Self-Organization in Developmental Systems Theory and the Neo-Darwinian Theory of Evolution. Biol Theory 5, 202–205 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1162/BIOT_a_00045

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