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Ebook ISBN: 9780399184932

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Losos, Jonathan B.

Title: Improbable destinies : fate, chance, and the future of evolution / Jonathan B. Losos.

Description: New York : Riverhead Books, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016054594 | ISBN 9780399184925

Subjects: LCSH: Evolution (Biology)

Classification: LCC QH366.2 .L664 2017 | DDC 576.8—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016054594

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