Evolutionary change - Patterns and processes

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 627-650

  Salzano, Francisco M ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b Academia Brasileira de Ciencias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Evolution; Human evolution; Molecular evolution; Plants; Principles of evolution

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 31044448817     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 00013765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652005000400006     Document Type: Article

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