Phylogenetic and mechanistic analysis of a developmentally integrated character complex: Alternate life history modes in ambystomatid salamanders

American Zoologist

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-35

  Shaffer, H Bradley ^a   Randal Voss, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33746143616     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/36.1.24     Document Type: Article

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