Ontogeny and phylogeny in the northern swordtail clade of Xiphophorus

Systematic Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 491-522

  Marcus, Jeffrey M ^a,b   McCune, Amy R ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Growth; Heterochrony; Independent contrasts; Sword; Xiphophorus

Indexed keywords

XIPHOPHORUS;

EID: 0033408199     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/106351599260111     Document Type: Article

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