The role of internal and external constructive processes in evolution

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2413-2422

  Laland, Kevin ^a   Odling Smee, John ^b   Turner, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTIVE PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; EXTENDED EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS; GENE; HUMAN; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE CONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84901503266     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.272070     Document Type: Review

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