Turtles all the way down: Loggerheads at the root of the chelonian tree

Evolution and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-135

  Lyson, Tyler ^a   Gilbert, Scott F ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHINA; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; NOTE; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; TURTLES;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 60849114446     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2009.00325.x     Document Type: Note

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