Karl Friston1, Daniel A Friedman2,3, Axel Constant4

  • 1Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London WC1E 6AP, UK.

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概括

这项研究提出了一种对自然选择的变异性方法,将适应性适应性作为途径不可或缺的组成部分. 它揭示了种群最好被理解为相互作用的自然种类,而不仅仅是同类.

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