Using phylogenies to study convergence: the case of the ant-eating mammals'

American Zoologist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 507-525

  Reiss, Karen Zich ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1093/icb/41.3.507     Document Type: Article

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