Lateral asymmetries during escape behavior in a species of teleost fish (Jenynsia lineata)

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 31-35

  Bisazza, Angelo ^a   Cantalupo, Claudio ^a   Vallortigara, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain lateralization; Escape behavior; Evolution of lateralization; Fish; Fluctuating asymmetry; Jenynsia; Lateral asymmetries

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST;

EID: 0031032707     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00308-3     Document Type: Article

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