Considerations for reconstructing metazoan history: Signal, resolution, and hypothesis testing

American Zoologist

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 929-941

  Halanych, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

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EID: 22444455331     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/38.6.929     Document Type: Article

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