Lost in transition: The biogeochemical context of animal origins

Key Transitions in Animal Evolution

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 345-359

  Gaidos, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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EID: 84924100929     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b10425     Document Type: Chapter

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