Metamorphosis and neoteny: Alternative pathways in an extinct amphibian clade

Evolution

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1467-1475

  Schoch, Rainer R ^a   Fröbisch, Nadia B ^b  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Branchiosauridae; Development; Developmental pathways; Evolution; Metamorphosis; Neoteny; Temnospondyli

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANATOMY; CARBONIFEROUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTINCTION; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT QUALITY; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PAEDOMORPHOSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; DRESDEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SAAR-NAHE BASIN; SAXONY;

AMPHIBIA; APATEON; BRANCHIOSAURIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TEMNOSPONDYLI; TETRAPODA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 33748131815     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1554/05-632.1     Document Type: Article

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