The early radiations of Cetacea (mammalia): Evolutionary pattern and developmental correlations

Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics

Volumn 33, Issue , 2002, Pages 73-90

  Thewissen, J G M ^a   Williams, E M ^a  

^a Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Fossil record; Marine mammal

Indexed keywords

CETACEAN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA; PHOCOENIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036922311     PISSN: 00664162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.33.020602.095426     Document Type: Review

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