Tadpoles evolved and frogs are the default

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Altig, Ronald ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Development; Evolution; Frog; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FROG; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOTYPE; MUTATION;

ANURA;

EID: 33746086027     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/05-23.1     Document Type: Review

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