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Article: Microstructure and growth of the lenses of schizochroal trilobite eyes

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 57
Part: 4
Publication Date: July 2014
Page(s): 783 – 799
Author(s): Clare Torney, Martin R. Lee and Alan W. Owen
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TORNEY, C., LEE, M. R., OWEN, A. W. 2014, Microstructure and growth of the lenses of schizochroal trilobite eyes. Palaeontology, 57, 4, 783–799. doi: 10.1111/pala.12088

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Publication History

  • Issue published online: 14 JUL 2014
  • Article first published online: 21 NOV 2013
  • Manuscript Accepted: 16 OCT 2013
  • Manuscript Received: 2 AUG 2013

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Leverhulme Trust. Grant Number: F/07 179/AM

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