The fossil record of fish ontogenies: Insights into developmental patterns and processes

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-413

  Cloutier, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Fossilized ontogeny; Heterochrony; Modularity; Morphological integration; Size and shape

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FOSSIL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OSSIFICATION; PALEOZOIC; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

DIPNOI; PISCES;

EID: 77950594768     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2009.11.004     Document Type: Review

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