Variation, plasticity and modularity in anuran development

Zoology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-104

  Chipman, Ariel D ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cladogenesis; Embryonic development; Evolution and development

Indexed keywords

ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036991813     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0944-2006-00054     Document Type: Article

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