Palaeontology - A firm step from water to land

被引:37
作者
Ahlberg, PE
Clack, JA
机构
[1] Uppsala Univ, Dept Physiol & Dev Biol, S-75236 Uppsala, Sweden
[2] Univ Cambridge, Dept Zool, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, England
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D O I
10.1038/440747a
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 [理学]; 0710 [生物学]; 09 [农学];
摘要
A project designed to discover fossils that illuminate the transition between fishes and land vertebrates has delivered the goods. At a stroke, our picture of that transition is greatly improved.
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页码:747 / 749
页数:3
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