The functional significance of the reptilian heart: New insights into an old question

Ontogeny and Phylogeny of the Vertebrate Heart

Volumn 9781461433873, Issue , 2012, Pages 207-227

  Hicks, James W ^a   Wang, Tobias ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3387-3_9     Document Type: Chapter

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