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Chance and necessity: the evolution of morphological complexity and diversity
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- Authors
- Carroll, S. B.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2001-02
- Volume
- 409
- Issue
- 6823
- Pages
- 1102-1109
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2075746068
- Cited by
- 534
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 12.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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