Amphibians: Lungs' Lift Lost

Current Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Hutchison, Victor H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; LUNG; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; LUNG; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 43049101662     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2008.03.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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