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Preface: From evolutionary morphology to the modern synthesis and “evo-devo”: Historical and contemporary perspectives

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  1. Institut für Spezielle Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie mit Phyletischem Museum, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Erbertstr 1, D-07743, Jena, Germany

    Lennart Olsson

  2. Institut für Geschichte der Medizin, Naturwissenschaft und Technik, Ernst-Haeckel-Haus, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Berggasse 7, D-07745, Jena, Germany

    Uwe Hoßfeld & Olaf Breidbach

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Olsson, L., Hoßfeld, U. & Breidbach, O. Preface: From evolutionary morphology to the modern synthesis and “evo-devo”: Historical and contemporary perspectives. Theory Biosci. 124, 259–263 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.thbio.2005.12.001

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