The concept of correlated progression as the basis of a model for the evolutionary origin of major new taxa

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1618, 2007, Pages 1667-1673

  Kemp, T S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlated progression; Evolvability; Higher taxa; Macroevolution; Origin of tetrapods

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; MODEL; PARALLEL EVOLUTION; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY; TETRAPOD; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HYPOTHESIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXONOMY;

MAMMALIA; TESTUDINES; TETRAPODA;

EID: 34447312170     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0288     Document Type: Article

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