Strength in numbers: High phenotypic variance in early Cambrian trilobites and its evolutionary implications

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1081-1084

  Hughes, Nigel C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; FOSSIL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; GENETIC SPECIATION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME; VARIATION (GENETICS);

TRILOBITOMORPHA;

EID: 35848944327     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20674     Document Type: Review

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