Evolution evolves: Physiology returns to centre stage

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2237-2244

  Noble, Denis ^a   Jablonka, Eva ^b   Joyner, Michael J ^c   Müller, Gerd B ^d   Omholt, Stig W ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASES; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HISTORY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; GENOTYPE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 84901497275     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.273151     Document Type: Editorial

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