The Cambrian "explosion": Slow-fuse or megatonnage?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 4426-4429

  Conway Morris, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; METAZOON; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0034712855     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.9.4426     Document Type: Review

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