EvoDevo Concepts in the Work of Waddington

Biological Theory

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-203

  Hall, Brian K ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

canalization; epigenetics; epigenotype; genetic assimilation; genotype phenotype map; Waddington

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954845536     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/biot.2008.3.3.198     Document Type: Article

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