The Inheritance of Process: A Dynamical Systems Approach

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 318, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 591-612

  Jaeger, Johannes ^a   Irons, David ^b   Monk, Nick ^b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENOTYPE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84870413737     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22468     Document Type: Article

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