On the origin and evolution of major morphological characters

Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 609-628

  Budd, Graham E ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body plan; Burden; Constraint; Functional morphology; Hox genes; Macroevolution; Phenotype genotype map; Preadaptation; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY CONSTITUTION; EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33750696951     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1464793106007135     Document Type: Review

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