The result of evolutionary limb loss on the complement of motor neurons in a crayfish limb nerve revealed by serial homology

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 123-132

  Drummond, Joanne ^a,b   Jackson, Daniel ^a   Macmillan, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crayfish; Evolution; Homology; Motor neurons; Neural evolution; Pleopods; Swimmerets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004811648     PISSN: 0091181X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236249809387068     Document Type: Article

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