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Book Title: Great Transformations In Vertebrate Evolution
Number of Pages: 424 Pages
Publication Name: Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Subject: Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / General, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2015
Item Weight: 38 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 11.1 in
Author: Neil Shubin
Subject Area: Science
Item Width: 8.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
