Limb development in the Pacific giant salamanders, Dicamptodon (Amphibia, Caudata, Dicamptodontidae)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2058-2066

  Wake, David B ^a   Shubin, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICAMPTODON;

EID: 0032468533     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-76-11-2058     Document Type: Article

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