The largest specimen of Apateon and the life history pathway of neoteny in the Paleozoic temnospondyl family branchiosauridae

Fossil Record

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-90

  Fröbisch, Nadia B ^a,b   Schoch, Rainer R ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carboniferous; Development; Metamorphosis; Paedomorphosis; Permian; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549141741     PISSN: 10533389     EISSN: 18601014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mmng.200800012     Document Type: Article

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