Genetic and developmental basis for parallel evolution and its significance for hominoid evolution

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 188-200

  Reno, Philip L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive radiation; Ardipithecus; Convergence; Pierolapithecus; Repeated evolution; Stickleback

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARDIPITHECUS; AVES; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FISH; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOMINID; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FISHES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC VARIATION; HOMINIDAE; MUTATION;

EID: 84922662017     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21417     Document Type: Article

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