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Evolutionary handicap for turtles

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  1. Bernd Schierwater: Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Conneticut 06520-8114, USA e-mail: Schierwater@zoology. uni-frankfurt.de

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    Werner Schroth, Bruno Streit & Bernd Schierwater

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Schroth, W., Streit, B. & Schierwater, B. Evolutionary handicap for turtles. Nature 384, 521–522 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1038/384521a0

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