Levels of homoplasy in the evolution of the mammalian skeleton

Journal of Mammalian Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-126

  Sánchez Villagra, Marcelo R ^a   Williams, Blythe A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Homoplasy; Mammalia; Phylogeny; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083766     PISSN: 10647554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020549505177     Document Type: Article

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