Cranial ontogeny in Siren intermedia (Caudata: Sirenidae): Paedomorphic, metamorphic, and novel patterns of heterochrony

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-41

  Reilly, Stephen M ^a   Altig, Ronald ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; SIREN; SIREN INTERMEDIA; SIRENIDAE;

EID: 0030432231     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1446939     Document Type: Article

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