Giant tortoises

Current Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Powell, Jeffrey ^a   Caccone, Adalgisa ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EVOLUTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); TURTLES;

EID: 33645840167     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.02.050     Document Type: Note

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