How Evolutionary Biologists Reconstruct History: Patterns & Processes

American Biology Teacher

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 101-108

  Cooper, Robert A ^a  

^a Pennsbury High School   (United States)

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EID: 1542290888     PISSN: 00027685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1662/0002-7685(2004)066[0101:hebrhp]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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