Animal Development, an Open-Ended Segment of Life

Biological Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 4-15

  Minelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult; Adultocentrism; Larva; Metagenesis; Metamorphosis; Theory of development; Zero model of development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874581320     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13752-011-0002-6     Document Type: Article

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