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  • And as Odling-Smee et al. 1996, Avital and Jablonka 2000, and Sterelny 2003 stress, animals 'dispositions to modify the environments of both themselves and their offspring in certain ways are just as much potential objects of selection as are other of their traits.

    Innateness and Language Cowie, Fiona 2008

  • I expect that a lot of the difference between the Italian guys and Odling-Smee et. al. is a matter of sociology rather than substance.

    Of Form over Substance: a review of Sermonti - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Egan was in the very act of ascending the companion-way; Lamburn was sitting against the chart-room door, apparently cleaning two carbines; Odling at the bottom of the engine-room stair seemed to be drawing on a pair of reindeer komagar; and Cartwright, who was often in liquor, had his arms frozen tight round the neck of Martin, whom he seemed to be kissing, they two lying stark at the foot of the mizzen-mast.

    The Purple Cloud 1906

  • Clayton Odling, 100 butterfly (1: 10.41), 400 free (4: 55.75).

    JSOnline.com 2010

  • According to Odling (Watt's Dic. j Vol. I, p. IIU), the following reaction occurs when methane and carbon monoxide are passed through a heated tube:

    Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1771

  • In a different vein, recent work on niche construction ” the process by which organisms successfully modify their environments in ways that benefit themselves and their offspring (Odling-Smee, Laland, and Feldman 2003) ” has also suggests a role for culture in altering natural selection.

    Naturalistic Approaches to Social Construction Mallon, Ron 2008

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