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Article: Macroevolution in silico: scales, constraints and universals

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 56
Part: 6
Publication Date: November 2013
Page(s): 1327 – 1340
Author(s): Ricard V. Solé and Sergi Valverde
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SOL, R. V., VALVERDE, S. 2013. Macroevolution in silico: scales, constraints and universals. Palaeontology, 56, 6, 1327–1340.

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