250 Million years of bindin evolution

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 8-15

  Zigler, Kirk S ^a,b,c   Lessios, H A ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION;

CLYPEASTEROIDA; ECHINOIDA; ECHINOIDEA; HETEROCENTROTUS MAMMILLATUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042427480     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1543440     Document Type: Article

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