Whale origins as a poster child for macroevolution

BioScience

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1037-1049

  Thewissen, J G M ^a   Bajpai, S ^a  

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CETACEA;

EID: 0035661702     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2001)051[1037:WOAAPC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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