Live birth in the Devonian period

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7195, 2008, Pages 650-652

  Long, John A ^a,b,c   Trinajstic, Kate ^d   Young, Gavin C ^b   Senden, Tim ^b  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; DEVONIAN; DOMINANCE; EMBRYO; EXTINCTION; FISH; NEW SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; TYPE SPECIMEN; VIVIPARITY;

ARTICLE; COPULATION; DEVONIAN; FERTILIZATION; FISH; LIVE BIRTH; MASTERPISCIS ATTENBOROUGHI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHARK; UMBILICAL CORD; VERTEBRATE; VIVIPARITY; YOLK SAC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CHONDRICHTHYES; GNATHOSTOMATA (VERTEBRATE); PISCES; PTYCTODONTIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 44449087401     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06966     Document Type: Article

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