The future of evo-devo: Model systems and evolutionary theory

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 416-422

  Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRIBOLIUM;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETICS, POPULATION; MODELS, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349243011     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2567     Document Type: Review

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