Evolutionary morphology of the rattlesnake style

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Meik, Jesse M ^a   Pires DaSilva, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPINE;

ANIMALS; CROTALUS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPINE;

EID: 60849109224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-35     Document Type: Article

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