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Written in stone: fossils, genes and evo-devo.

Nature reviews. Genetics - 1 Dec 2007

Raff Rudolf A

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Fossils give evo-devo a past. They inform phylogenetic trees to show the direction of evolution of developmental features, and they can reveal ancient body plans. Fossils also provide the primary data that are used to date past events, including divergence times needed to estimate molecular clock...

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PMID: 18007648
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2225

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