Fecal methanogens and vertebrate evolution

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 559-572

  Hackstein, Johannes H P ^a   Van Alen, Theo A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestion; Feeding habits; Gut differentiation; Methanogenic bacteria; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

AARDVARK; ANTEATER; CROCODILE; GIANT SNAKE; METHANOGENIC BACTERIA; PRIMATE; RATITE; VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION;

MURIDAE; ORYCTEROPUS AFER;

EID: 0029769377     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03868.x     Document Type: Article

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