Morphogenera, monophyly, and macroevolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 36, 2009, Pages

  Smith, Stephen A ^a   O'Meara, Brian C ^a  

^a NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; GENETIC TRAIT; LETTER; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONOPHYLY; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PHYLOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BODY SIZE; CLASSIFICATION; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 70349305284     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906918106     Document Type: Letter

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