Evolutionary diversification of the limb skeleton in crested newts (Triturus cristatus superspecies, Caudata, Salamandridae)

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 527-535

  Ivanovic, Ana ^a   Tomašević, Nataša ^b   Džukić, Georg ^b   Kalezić, Miloš L ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Biological Reasearch S Stankovi   (Serbia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; AMPHIBIAN; ANATOMY; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROCHRONY (ONTOGENY); INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIMB; MORPHOMETRY; SKELETON;

CAUDATA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 59149093389     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.045.0608     Document Type: Article

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