Finding the way in phenotypic space: the origin and maintenance of constraints on organismal form.

doi:10.1093/aob/mcm069

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Finding the way in phenotypic space: the origin and maintenance of constraints on organismal form.

Annals of botany - 1 Sept 2007

Pigliucci Massimo

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BACKGROUND: One of the all-time questions in evolutionary biology regards the evolution of organismal shapes, and in particular why certain forms appear repeatedly in the history of life, others only seldom and still others not at all. Recent research in this field has deployed the conceptual framework of constraints and natural selection as measured by quantitative genetic methods. SCOPE: In this paper I argue...

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PMID: 17495983
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcm069
PMCID: PMC2533600

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