Reticulate Evolution and Humans: Origins and Ecology

ISBN-10
0191716227
ISBN-13
9780191716225
Category
Evolution (Biology)
Language
English
Published
2009
Author
Michael Lynn Arnold

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This work describes the important role that the transfer of genes between organisms has played during the origin and evolution of humans, and the evolution of organisms on which the human species depends for shelter, sustenance and ...

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