The origin of higher taxa: Macroevolutionary processes, and the case of the mammals

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-22

  Kemp, T S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlated progression; Evolvability; Modularity; Origin of higher taxa; Origin of mammals; Species selection; Synapsida

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETICS;

MAMMALIA; SYNAPSIDA;

EID: 33845706659     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2007.00248.x     Document Type: Review

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