Advances, diversions, possible relapses and additional problems in understanding the early evolution of the articulata

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-38

  Cave, Laura Delle ^a   Insom, Emilio ^b   Simonetta, Alberto Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Articulata; Evolution; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICULATA;

EID: 0031850503     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009809386724     Document Type: Article

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