The notion of homology in current comparative biology

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-152

  Sluys, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ancestry; Biological homology; Comparative biology; Evolution; Hierarchy; Pattern; Process; Similarity; Systematic homology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000997672     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.1996.tb00820.x     Document Type: Article

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