Evolution of the capacity to evolve

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 911-921

  Carroll, R L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental pathways; Evolution of life; Exon shuffling; Gene recruitment; Genome evolution; Horizontal genetic exchange; Origin of life; Regulatory elements; RNA world

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036844681     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00455.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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