Eggs and embryos from the Cambrian

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 676-682

  Conway Morris, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANNELID WORM; CHINA; COELENTERATE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; OOCYTE; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; CHINA; CNIDARIA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; OVUM; SIBERIA;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; ARENA; CNIDARIA; COELENTERATA; ECHINOIDEA; METAZOA; PLUTEUS;

EID: 0344653609     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199808)20:8<676::AID-BIES11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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