Test of Von Baer's law of the conservation of early development

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2239-2245

  Poe, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Heterochrony; Ontogeny; Vertebrates; Von Baer

Indexed keywords

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAMMAL; REPTILE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPTILES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33845538371     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/06-266.1     Document Type: Article

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