Neo-Darwinism, the Modern Synthesis and selfish genes: Are they of use in physiology?

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1007-1015

  Noble, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TEMPLATE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LITERATURE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NATURAL SELECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 79951989259     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2010.201384     Document Type: Review

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