Genes as leaders and followers in evolution

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-151

  Schwander, Tanja ^a,c   Leimar, Olof ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c WISSENSCHAFTSKOLLEG ZU BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM;

BIODIVERSITY; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79951553614     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2010.12.010     Document Type: Review

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