Saltational evolution of trunk segment number in centipedes

Evolution and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-322

  Minelli, Alessandro ^a   Chagas Júnior, Amazonas ^b   Edgecombe, Gregory D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATION; NEW SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; INSECTS; PHYLOGENY;

ARTHROPODA; CHILOPODA; SCOLOPENDROMORPHA;

EID: 65549168270     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2009.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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