Evolutionary developmental biology: Its concepts and history with a focus on Russian and German contributions

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 951-969

  Olsson, Lennart ^a   Levit, Georgy S ^a,b   Hoßfeld, Uwe ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KING S COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atavisms; Constraints; Heterochrony; Homeobox; Innovations; Modularity

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIACHRONISM; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; GENOMICS; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTORY; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; GERMANY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; RUSSIA;

GERMANY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 78650192394     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0720-9     Document Type: Review

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