From "Tree-Thinking" to "Cycle-Thinking": Ontogenetic systematics of nudibranch molluscs

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Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-224

  Martynov, Alexander V ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Doridacea; Evolution; Evolutionary models; Heterochrony; Molluscs; Nudibranchia; Ontogenetic cycles; Ontogenetic systematics; Ontogeny; Opisthobranchia; Paedomorphosis; Phylogenetics; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCA; NUDIBRANCHIA; OPISTHOBRANCHIA;

EID: 79960772816     PISSN: 02125919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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