Does evolutionary theory need a rethink? (original) (raw)

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  1. Kevin Laland is professor of behavioural and evolutionary biology at the University of St Andrews, UK,
    Kevin Laland
  2. Gregory A. Wray is professor of biology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA,
    Gregory A. Wray
  3. Hopi E. Hoekstra is professor of biology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA,
    Hopi E. Hoekstra
  4. Tobias Uller is in the Department of Zoology, and the Department of Biology at Lund University, University of Oxford, UK, Sweden.,
    Tobias Uller
  5. Marc Feldman is in the Department of Biology, Herrin Hall, Stanford University, California, USA.,
    Marc Feldman
  6. Kim Sterelny is at the School of Philosophy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, and the School of History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand,
    Kim Sterelny
  7. Gerd B. Müller is in the Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, Austria,
    Gerd B. Müller
  8. Armin Moczek is in the Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA,
    Armin Moczek
  9. Eva Jablonka is at the Cohn Institute for the History of Philosophy of Science and Ideas, Tel Aviv University, Israel,
    Eva Jablonka
  10. John Odling-Smee is at Mansfield College, University of Oxford, UK,
    John Odling-Smee
  11. Douglas J. Futuyma is in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York, USA,
    Douglas J. Futuyma
  12. Richard E. Lenski is in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, USA,
    Richard E. Lenski
  13. Trudy F. C. Mackay is in the Department of Genetics at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA,
    Trudy F. C. Mackay
  14. Dolph Schluter is in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada,
    Dolph Schluter
  15. Joan E. Strassmann is in the Department of Biology at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, USA,
    Joan E. Strassmann

Authors

  1. Kevin Laland
  2. Tobias Uller
  3. Marc Feldman
  4. Kim Sterelny
  5. Gerd B. Müller
  6. Armin Moczek
  7. Eva Jablonka
  8. John Odling-Smee
  9. Gregory A. Wray
  10. Hopi E. Hoekstra
  11. Douglas J. Futuyma
  12. Richard E. Lenski
  13. Trudy F. C. Mackay
  14. Dolph Schluter
  15. Joan E. Strassmann

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Laland, K., Uller, T., Feldman, M. et al. Does evolutionary theory need a rethink?.Nature 514, 161–164 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/514161a

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