Evo-Devo: The Long and Winding Road

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 2003, Pages 705-713

  Baguñà, Jaume ^a   Garcia Fernàndez, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Experimental Evo Devo; Gene network; Homology; Macro evolution

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; METAZOON; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES; GENETICS, POPULATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

METAZOA;

EID: 1642471700     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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