Tarsier brain component composition and its implications for systematics

Primates

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-216

  Joffe, Tracey H ^a,b   Dunbar, R I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain evolution; Haplorhines; Prosimians; Systematics; Tarsiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 11544290266     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02557732     Document Type: Article

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