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Graduality and innovation in the evolution of complex phenotypes: insights from development.
Journal of experimental zoology. Part B, Molecular and developmental evolution - 15 Nov 2005
Salazar-Ciudad Isaac, Jernvall Jukka
Abstract excerpt
The neo-Darwinian paradigm benefits from the assumption that phenotypic variation is gradual and that phenotype and genotype have a relatively simple relationship. These assumptions are historically inherited from the times of the neo-Darwinian synthesis and, consequently, do not include present understanding about development. In this study, understanding about the dynamics of pattern formation is used to...
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