Analysis of growth rates

Bone Histology of Fossil Tetrapods: Advancing Methods, Analysis, and Interpretation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 217-251

  Lee, Andrew H ^a   Huttenlocker, Adam K ^b   Padian, Kevin ^c   Woodward, Holly N ^d  

^a Midwestern Medical College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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