Evolution: The making of ediacaran giants

Current Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Xiao, Shuhai ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84893327306     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.12.035     Document Type: Short Survey

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