Unresolved boundaries of evolutionary theory and the question of how inheritance systems evolve: 75 Years of debate on the evolution of dominance

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 306, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-359

  Bagheri, Homayoun C ^a,b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOMINANT GENE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HEREDITY; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETICS, POPULATION; HEREDITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 33746443339     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21069     Document Type: Review

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