Review of the monotreme fossil record and comparison of palaeontological and molecular data.

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology

• Publication date

  2003-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Geology

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  DOI 10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00275-7PMID 14667856
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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