Estimating evolution of temporal sequence changes: A practical approach to inferring ancestral developmental sequences and sequence heterochrony

Systematic Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 378-387

  Harrison, Luke B ^a   Larsson, Hans C E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Developmental sequences; Event pairs; Evolutionary developmental biology; Heterochrony; Phylogenetics; Sequence heterochrony

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; DUCK; EVOLUTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SNAKE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; COLUBRIDAE; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DUCKS; EVOLUTION; OSTEOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 45849127974     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: 1076836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150802164421     Document Type: Article

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