Antennal muscles and fast antennal movements in ants

Journal of Comparative Physiology - B Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 287-296

  Ehmer, Birgit ^a   Gronenberg, Wulfila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennae; Ants; Fast movement; Morphology; Muscle specialization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030967139     PISSN: 01741578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003600050076     Document Type: Article

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