Flatfishes, Turtles, and Bolyerine Snakes: Evolution by Small Steps or Large, or Both?

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-60

  Frazzetta, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Adaptive innovation; Bolyerine snakes; Canalization; Discontinuous evolution; Epigenesis; Flatfishes; Gastropod molluscs; Large step evolution; Macroevolution; Plasticity; Turtle shell

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; SERPENTES; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84857458622     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9142-7     Document Type: Article

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