Morphological similarities between organisms may be due to either homology or homoplasy. Homologous structures arise by common descent from an ancestral form, whereas homoplasious structures are independently derived in the respective lineages. The finding that similar ontogenetic mechanisms underli
Variation and constraint in plant evolution and development
β Scribed by Kalisz, S; Kramer, E M
- Book ID
- 110041045
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 100
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0018-067X
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