The development of the external features of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1372, 1998, Pages 1115-1125

  Manger, Paul R ^a   Hall, Leslie S ^a   Pettigrew, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Development; Monotremata; Platypus

Indexed keywords

ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS;

EID: 0032578185     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0270     Document Type: Article

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