Iterative evolution of sympatric seacow (Dugongidae, Sirenia) assemblages during the past ~26 million years

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Velez Juarbe, Jorge ^a,b   Domning, Daryl P ^a,b   Pyenson, Nicholas D ^b,c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUGONG; ECOLOGY; FOSSIL; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; RHIZOME; SEAGRASS; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

DUGONGIDAE; SIRENIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DUGONG; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84856546255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031294     Document Type: Article

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