Evolution. Fossil horses–evidence for evolution.
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Publication Date: 2005-03-19 PubMed ID: 15774746DOI: 10.1126/science.1105458Google Scholar: Lookup
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Macfadden BJ.
(2005).
Evolution. Fossil horses–evidence for evolution.
Science, 307(5716), 1728-1730.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1105458 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. bmacfadd@flmnh.ufl.edu
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Biological Evolution
- Body Size
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Diet
- Equidae / anatomy & histology
- Equidae / classification
- Equidae / genetics
- Feeding Behavior
- Fossils
- Horses / anatomy & histology
- Horses / classification
- Horses / genetics
- Paleodontology
- Phylogeny
- Time
- Tooth / anatomy & histology
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