Stepping into the Same River Twice: Homologues as Recurring Attractors in Epigenetic Landscapes

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 218-231

  Striedter, Georg F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Epigenesis; Evolution; Hierarchy; Homology; Visual cortex; Waddington

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VISUAL CORTEX;

EVOLUTION; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031615256     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006565     Document Type: Article

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