Heterochrony, cannibalism, and the evolution of viviparity in Salamandra salamandra

Evolution and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 105-115

  Buckley, David ^a,b   Alcobendas, Marina ^a   García París, Mario ^a   Wake, Marvalee H ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); METAMORPHOSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; VIVIPARITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; OVOVIVIPARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; OVOVIVIPARITY; URODELA; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33846086815     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2006.00141.x     Document Type: Review

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