Ecological Developmental Biology: A Review
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Ecological developmental biology: developmental biology meets the real world.
The production of phenotype is regulated by differential gene expression. However, the regulators of gene expression need not all reside within the embryo. Environmental factors, such as temperature, photoperiod, diet, population density, or the presence of predators, can produce specific phenotypes, presumably by altering gene-expression patterns. The field of ecological developmental biology ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Human Genetics & Embryology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2161-0436
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0436.1000131