Developmental evolution as a mechanistic science: The inference from developmental mechanisms to evolutionary processes

American Zoologist

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 819-831

  Wagner, Günter P ^a   Chiu, Chi Hua ^b   Laubichler, Manfred ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 23044523909     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/40.5.819     Document Type: Article

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