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From Replicators to Heritably Varying Phenotypic Traits: The Extended Phenotype Revisited

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Jablonka, E. From Replicators to Heritably Varying Phenotypic Traits: The Extended Phenotype Revisited. Biology & Philosophy 19, 353–375 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BIPH.0000036112.02199.7b

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