An old controversy solved: Bird embryos have five fingers

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-9

  Galis, Frietson ^a   Kundrát, Martin ^b   Sinervo, Barry ^c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

AVES; THEROPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037222866     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)00018-6     Document Type: Short Survey

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