A research program for evolutionary morphology

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 338-350

  Richter, Stefan ^a   Wirkner, Christian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Character; Cladistics; Evolutionary Developmental Biology; Functional morphology; Homology; Morpheme; Morphology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHRONOLOGY; CLADISTICS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RESEARCH PROGRAM;

EID: 84908468827     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12061     Document Type: Article

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