Cranial arterial foramen diameter in turtles: A quantitative assessment of size-independent phylogenetic signal

Animal Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-436

  Jamniczky, Heather A ^a   Russell, Anthony P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Circulation; Morphometrics; Phylogenetics; Scaling; Skull; Testudines

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENY; SKULL; TAXONOMY; TURTLE;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 11944256226     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570756042729537     Document Type: Article

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