Modularity and the units of evolution

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-80

  Schlosser, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Constraints; Development; Epistasis; Evolvability; Mosaic evolution; Unit of selection

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; HEREDITY; PHASE TRANSITION; PLEIOTROPY; PROBABILITY; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

METAZOA;

EID: 0036094890     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1431-7613-00049     Document Type: Article

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