The unusual nose and brain of the star-nosed mole: A star in the brain

BioScience

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 578-586

  Catania, Kenneth C ^a   Kaas, Jon H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0029824543     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1312987     Document Type: Article

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