Darwin would have loved DNA: Celebrating Darwin 200

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-505

  Bromham, Lindell ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central dogma; Gemmule; Heredity; Macroevolution; Molecular evolution; Pangenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEIC ACID; RNA;

BIOGENESIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENETICS; HEREDITY; INHERITANCE; INSECT; LIFE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBLIC FIGURE; SPECIES; TAXONOMY;

EID: 67749086465     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0298     Document Type: Note

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