Salamander Paedomorphosis. Linking Thyroid Hormone to Life History and Life Cycle Evolution.

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2013, Pages 229-258

  Johnson, Carlena K ^a   Voss, S Randal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Axolotl; Evolution; Life history; Metamorphosis; Microarray; Paedomorphosis; QTL; Salamander; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872559063     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385979-2.00008-3     Document Type: Chapter

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