Phylogenetic and evolutionary perspectives on an enigmatic organ: The balancer of larval caudate amphibians

Zoology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-123

  Crawford, Andrew J ^b   Wake, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Collagen; Evolution; Homoplasy; Immunohistochemistry; Morphology; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038929335     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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