Evolving possibilities: Postembryonic axial elongation in salamanders with biphasic (Eurcyea cirrigera, Eurycea longicauda, Eurycea quadridigitata) and paedomorphic life cycles (Eurycea nana and Ambystoma mexicanum)

Acta Zoologica

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 2-13

  Vaglia, Janet L ^a   White, Kurt ^a   Case, Alison ^a  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elongation; Evolution; Life cycle; Salamander; Tail; Vertebrae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; PEDOMORPHOSIS; REGENERATION;

EID: 83455244836     PISSN: 00017272     EISSN: 14636395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6395.2010.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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