Epigenetic interactions and the structure of phenotypic variation in the cranium

Evolution and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-91

  Hallgrimsson B ^a   Lieberman, D E ^b   Liu, W ^a   Ford Hutchinson, A F ^c   Jirik, F R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

CRANIUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; SKULL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; SKULL;

CRANIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33846049474     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2006.00139.x     Document Type: Article

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