Extended embryo retention, caecilian oviparity and amniote origins

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 2185-2198

  Wilkinson, Mark ^a   Richardson, Michael K ^b   Gower, David J ^a   Oommen, Oommen V ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

Author keywords

Amniota; Amniotic egg; Development; Evolution; Gymnophiona; Parsimony; Phylogeny; Reproductive modes

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO;

AMNIOTA; CAECILIA; GEGENEOPHIS RAMASWAMII; GYMNOPHIONA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 18744390478     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930110071714     Document Type: Article

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