The stability of thoracic segmentation in trilobites: A case study in developmental and ecological constraints

Evolution and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-35

  Hughes, Nigel C ^a   Chapman, Ralph E ^b   Adrain, Jonathan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYLOGENY; THORAX;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; PHYLOGENY; THORAX;

EID: 0033157318     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-142x.1999.99005.x     Document Type: Article

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