Caecilian viviparity and amniote origins

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1403-1409

  Wilkinson, M ^a,b   Nussbaum, R A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniota; Evolution; Gymnophiona; Parsimony; Phylogeny; Reproductive modes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031868992     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222939800770701     Document Type: Article

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