That biological features may change their function during evolution has long been recognized. Particularly, the acquisition of new functions by molecules involved in developmental pathways is suspected to cause important morphologic novelties. However, the current terminology describing functional c
Editorial: evolutionary innovation and morphological novelty
✍ Scribed by Gerd B. Müller; Stuart A. Newman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 39 KB
- Volume
- 304B
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-5007
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