Molecular Evidence for the Major Clades of Placental Mammals
โ Scribed by Mark Scally; Ole Madsen; Christophe J. Douady; Wilfried W. de Jong; Michael J. Stanhope; Mark S. Springer
- Book ID
- 110329019
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 631 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1064-7554
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