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    Other| January 01, 1982

    Exaptation; a missing term in the science of form

    Stephen Jay Gould;
    Stephen Jay Gould
    Harv. Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge, MA, United States
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    Elisabeth S. Vrba
    Elisabeth S. Vrba
    Transvaal Mus., South Africa
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    Stephen Jay Gould
    Harv. Univ., Mus. Comp. Zool., Cambridge, MA, United States
    Elisabeth S. Vrba
    Transvaal Mus., South Africa
    Publisher: Paleontological Society
    First Online: 03 Mar 2017
    Online Issn: 1938-5331
    Print Issn: 0094-8373
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    Paleobiology (1982) 8 (1): 4–15.
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    Stephen Jay Gould, Elisabeth S. Vrba; Exaptation; a missing term in the science of form. Paleobiology 1982;; 8 (1): 4–15. doi:

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