The origin of metazoan development: a palaeobiological perspective

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 255-274

  ERWIN, DOUGLAS H ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

evolution; key innovations; Metazoa; Origin of Animals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0027141156     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1993.tb00931.x     Document Type: Article

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