Preference for background color of the Xenopus laevis tadpole

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 335-344

  Moriya, Tsuneo ^a   Kito, K ^a   Miyashita, Y ^a   Asami, K ^a  

^a SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERMEDIN; MELATONIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COLOR; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLOR; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; MELATONIN; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030457326     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961201)276:5<335::AID-JEZ4>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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