Fixed cervical count and the origin of the mammalian diaphragm

Evolution and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 399-411

  Buchholtz, Emily A ^a   Bailin, H Grady ^a   Laves, Susan A ^a   Yang, Jennifer T ^a   Chan, Mei Yee ^a   Drozd, Lucie E ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; FOSSIL RECORD; MAMMAL; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; OSTEOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLASSIFICATION; DIAPHRAGM; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; MAMMAL; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAPHRAGM; FOSSILS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84865852484     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2012.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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