Evolutionary uniformitarianism

Developmental Biology

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Erwin, Douglas H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Fossil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMBRIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EDIACARAN; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXPLOSION; FOSSIL; GENE LOCUS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARINE SPECIES; METAZOON; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PALEONTOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL GENE;

INVERTEBRATA; METAZOA;

EID: 80051472139     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.01.020     Document Type: Article

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