Classification and Molecular Phylogeny

Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Cetacea: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 95-126

  Montgelard, Claudine ^a,b   Douzery, Emmanuel J P ^b   Michaux, Jacques ^a,b  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

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DOI: 10.1201/b11001-6     Document Type: Chapter

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