Maternal effects as generators of evolutionary change: A reassessment

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1133, Issue , 2008, Pages 151-161

  Badyaev, Alexander V ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Development; Evolution; Inheritance; Maternal effects; Selection

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

AVES;

EID: 45249093486     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1438.009     Document Type: Review

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