Grand challenges in comparative physiology: Integration across disciplines and across levels of biological organization

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-16

  Mykles, Donald L ^a   Ghalambor, Cameron K ^a   Stillman, Jonathon H ^b,c   Tomanek, Lars ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE;

EID: 77954922987     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icq015     Document Type: Article

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