Small changes, big results: Evolution of morphological discontinuity in mammals

Journal of Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Honeycutt, Rodney L ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DUGONG; ELEPHANT; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLYING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HYRAX; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLE (INSECTIVORA); MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SHREW; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; AFRICA; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOSSIL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH ERUPTION;

AFROTHERIA; MAMMALIA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; MAMMALS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH ERUPTION;

EID: 43249105854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14754924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/jbiol71     Document Type: Short Survey

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