Perspective: Evolutionary developmental biology and the problem of variation

Evolution

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1079-1091

  Stern, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cis regulation; Development; Evolution; Evolutionarily relevant mutations; Mutation; Transcription; Variation

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0034251814     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb00544.x     Document Type: Review

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