Evolution at Two Levels: On Genes and Form
PLoS BiologyPublished 6 July 2005Open access
Sean B. Carroll
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Emerging knowledge about organismal evolution suggests that changes in the regulation of gene expression have played a major role - a thesis proposed 30 years ago by King and Wilson.
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Emerging knowledge about organismal evolution suggests that changes in the regulation of gene expression have played a major role - a thesis proposed 30 years ago by King and Wilson.
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