Evolution of the vertebral formulae in mammals: A perspective on developmental constraints

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-106

  Narita, Yuichi ^a   Kuratani, Shigeru ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONOTREMATA; VERTEBRATA;

HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPINE;

EID: 17844361933     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21029     Document Type: Review

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