The nuclear content of desoxyribonucleic acid and some problems of Mammalian phylogenesis

Mammalia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 369-386

  Romanini, M G Manfredi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

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EID: 0001236379     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1985.49.3.369     Document Type: Article

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