## Abstract Segmentation is one of the most salient characteristics of arthropods, and differentiation of segments along the body axis is the basis of arthropod diversification. This article evaluates whether the evolution of segmentation involves the differentiation of already independent units, i
Limb anomalies: Developmental and evolutionary aspects
โ Scribed by Gurrieri, Fiorella ;Kjaer, Klaus W. ;Sangiorgi, Eugenio ;Neri, Giovanni
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 219 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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