Paleobiological perspectives on early eukaryotic evolution

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Knoll, Andrew H ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PALEONTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FOSSILS; PALEONTOLOGY;

EID: 84891643388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19430264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a016121     Document Type: Article

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