Evolution’s First Law?: Biology’s First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems Daniel W. McShea and Robert N. Brandon Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2010

Biological Theory 5 (2):194-197 (2010)
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