Genetic biasing through cultural transmission: Do simple Bayesian models of language evolution generalise?
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Theoretical Biology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0022-5193
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.04.004