Is sequence heterochrony an important evolutionary mechanism in mammals?

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 335-361

  Bininda Emonds, Olaf R P ^a,b   Jeffrey, Jonathan E ^a   Richardson, Michael K ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Eutheria; Event pair; Event pair cracking; Heterochrony; Mammalia

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTA; ARTIODACTYLA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 3543045037     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOMM.0000019775.39109.d2     Document Type: Article

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