Fins, limbs, and tails: Outgrowths and axial patterning in vertebrate evolution

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 371-381

  Coates, Michael I ^a   Cohn, Martin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031808162     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199805)20:5<371::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Review

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