Evolution and development: Towards a synthesis of macro- and micro-evolution with ecology

Evolving Pathways: Key Themes in Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 160-174

  Zauner, Hans ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 84927025458     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541582.013     Document Type: Chapter

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