Deciphering whale origins with molecules and fossils

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 562-570

  Gatesy, John ^a   O'Leary, Maureen A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FOSSIL RECORD; PHYLOGENETICS; WHALE;

ADAPTATION; BIOGENESIS; DATA BASE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; WHALE;

CETACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035479566     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02236-4     Document Type: Review

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