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How wide and how deep is the divide between population genetics and developmental evolution?

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Wagner, G.P. How wide and how deep is the divide between population genetics and developmental evolution?. Biol Philos 22, 145–153 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10539-005-9011-9

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