Sophisticated digestive systems in early arthropods

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Vannier, Jean ^a   Liu, Jianni ^b   Lerosey Aubril, Rudy ^a   Vinther, Jakob ^c   Daley, Allison C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CARNIVORY; CHINA; CRUSTACEA; DIGESTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EXOCRINE GLAND; GREENLAND; INTESTINE; LOWER CAMBRIAN; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; ONYCHOPHORA; PREDATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FOSSIL; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CRUSTACEA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FOSSILS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 84899894202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4641     Document Type: Article

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