What can DNA tell us about the cambrian explosion?

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 148-156

  Bromham, Lindell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0042354631     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.1.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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