A reevaluation of the origin of pentadactyly

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1476-1482

  Laurin, Michel ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Limb evolution; Parsimony; Polydactyly; Tetrapods

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; PENTADACTYLY;

AMNIOTA; AMPHIBIA; INVERTEBRATA; REPTILIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0031762467     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02028.x     Document Type: Article

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