Saltational evolution: Hopeful monsters are here to stay

Theory in Biosciences

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-51

  Theißen, Günter ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Darwin; Evolution; Gradualism; Homeosis; Novelty; Saltationism

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETICS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION;

EID: 61849121307     PISSN: 14317613     EISSN: 16117530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12064-009-0058-z     Document Type: Article

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