Canalization in evolutionary genetics: A stabilizing theory?

BioEssays

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 372-380

  Gibson, Greg ^a   Wagner, Günter ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034051465     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(200004)22:4<372::AID-BIES7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Review

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