Sexually dimorphic patterns of neural organization in the feeding appendages of fiddler crabs

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 286, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 155-166

  Weissburg, Marc J ^a   Pearce, Joanne ^b   Govind, C K ^b   Derby, Charles D ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Axon; Chemoreception; Feeding behavior; Neuroanatomy; Sensilla; Uca pugilator, Uca pugnax (Crustacea)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CRAB; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHYURA; CHEMORECEPTORS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NERVE FIBERS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

ANIMALIA; CELUCA PUGILATOR; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); OCYPODIDAE; UCA PUGNAX;

EID: 0029969706     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050684     Document Type: Article

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