The Developmental Origins of Mosaic Evolution in the Primate Limb Skeleton

Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-455

  Hamrick, Mark W ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autopod; Digits; Euarchonta; Euprimates; Evolvability

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84870853843     PISSN: 00713260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11692-011-9154-3     Document Type: Article

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