Floral evolution: One-sided evolution or two? A reply to Ennos

Heredity

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 541-542

  Hodges, S A ^a   Whittall, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; EVOLUTION; FLOWER; GENETICS; INSECT; NOTE;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIRDS; EVOLUTION; FLOWERS; INSECTS; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 44349169935     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.2008.12     Document Type: Note

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