The carpal elements of anurans

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 188-204

  Fabrezi, Marissa ^a   Alberch, Pere ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Carpus; Development; Evolution; Hand; Homology; Limb

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000284416     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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