Ontogeny tends to recapitulate phylogeny in digital organisms

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Clune, Jeff ^a   Pennock, Robert T ^a   Ofria, Charles ^a   Lenski, Richard E ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Lyman Briggs College Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Complex traits; Evolution of development; Experimental evolution; Ontogeny; Phylogeny; Recapitulation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MODELS, GENETIC;

EID: 84864709257     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666984     Document Type: Article

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