Integrating historical and mechanistic biology enhances the study of adaptation

Quarterly Review of Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 383-408

  Autumn, Kellar ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^b   Wake, David B ^c  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolution; Integrative biology; Mechanism; Phylogeny; Selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ACARI; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; GEKKONIDAE; HYDRACARINA; PISCES;

EID: 0036950844     PISSN: 00335770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/344413     Document Type: Review

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