The taming of the neural crest: A developmental perspective on the origins of morphological covariation in domesticated mammals

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a   Geiger, Madeleine ^a   Schneider, Richard A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dog; Evolutionary developmental biology; Island; Modularity; Ontogeny; Pleiotropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971519336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160107     Document Type: Review

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