Structural flexibility of the gastro-intestinal tract of vertebrates - Implications for evolutionary morphology

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Volumn 238, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 87-101

  Starck, J Matthias ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet switching; Functional morphology; Morphometry; Phenotypic plasticity; Phenotypic transformations

Indexed keywords

ANURA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0002001838     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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