Fossils, molecules and embryos: New perspectives on the Cambrian explosion

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 851-859

  Valentine, James W ^a   Jablonski, David ^b   Erwin, Douglas H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cambrian explosion; Developmental evolution; Fossil record; Metazoan phyla; Molecular clock; Molecular phylogeny

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; FOSSIL; GENE; GEOLOGY; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; NON-NASA CENTER;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS;

ANIMALIA; BILATERIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0033067476     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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