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Goodwin, Piaget, and the Evolving Evolutionary Synthesis

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    Andreas De Block

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De Block, A., Du Laing, B. Goodwin, Piaget, and the Evolving Evolutionary Synthesis. Biol Theory 4, 112–114 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1162/biot.2009.4.2.112

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