Statistical analyses of developmental sequences: The craniofacial region in marsupial and placental mammals

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 82-101

  Nunn, Charles L ^a   Smith, Kathleen K ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative methods; Developmental sequences; Heterochrony; Marsupials; Phylogeny; Placentals

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031810566     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286151     Document Type: Article

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