Modularity: Genes, Development, and Evolution

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2016, Pages 463-486

  Melo, Diogo ^a   Porto, Arthur ^b   Cheverud, James M ^c   Marroig, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive landscape; G matrix; Genotype phenotype map; Macroevolution; Morphological integration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84994524503     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-121415-032409     Document Type: Article

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