Implications of a fossil stickleback assemblage for Darwinian gradualism

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1977-1999

  Bell, M A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic constraint; Gradualism; Microevolution; Microstratigraphy; Pitx1; Punctuated equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GEOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GEOLOGY; SELECTION, GENETIC; SMEGMAMORPHA;

GASTEROSTEUS; GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 72549100957     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2009.02416.x     Document Type: Article

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