Hippopotamus and whale phylogeny

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7236, 2009, Pages

  Geisler, Jonathan H ^a   Theodor, Jessica M ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYLOGENY; UNGULATE; WHALE;

ARTICLE; CETACEA; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HIPPOPOTAMUS; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHALE;

ANIMALS; ARTIODACTYLA; CETACEA; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WHALES;

CETACEA;

EID: 62649100158     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07776     Document Type: Article

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