Developmental phenotypic plasticity: Where internal programming meets the external environment

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 87-91

  Pigliucci, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETICS; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; REVIEW;

EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS;

EID: 0031987769     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(98)80133-7     Document Type: Article

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