Evolutionary innovations in the fossil record: The intersection of ecology, development, and macroevolution

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 304, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 504-519

  Jablonski, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; INVERTEBRATES; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; SELECTION BIAS;

BRYOZOA; ECHINOIDA; INVERTEBRATA; PELMATOZOA;

EID: 33144462400     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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