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Instinct and innateness: Information in causes

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Commentary onJohnstonTimothy D. (1988) Developmental explanation and the ontogeny of birdsong: Nature/nurture redux. BBS 11: 617–663.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2011

Leigh M. Van Valen
Leigh M. Van Valen
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Department of Ecology & Evolution and Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 14 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 351
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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