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COMPARATIVE PATTERNS OF CRANIOFACIAL DEVELOPMENT IN EUTHERIAN AND METATHERIAN MAMMALS
1 Oct 1997
Abstract excerpt
The sequence of differentiation of major elements of the skeletal, muscular and nervous systems of the head is examined in developmental series of five eutherian (placental) and four metatherian (marsupial) mammals. The analysis identifies the elements that are conserved across the Theria, those that are unique to the Metatheria and to the Eutheria, and those that are variable. It is shown that although there are...
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