Tetrapod phylogeny, amphibian origins, and the definition of the name tetrapoda

Systematic Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 364-369

  Laurin, Michel ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NOMENCLATURE; PHYLOGENY;

ALGORITHMS; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; PHYLOGENY; SOFTWARE; TERMINOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0036554656     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10635150252899815     Document Type: Article

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