Claw transformation and regeneration in adult snapping shrimp: Test of the inhibition hypothesis for maintaining bilateral asymmetry

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 401-409

  Read, A T ^a   Govind, C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHEIDAE; ALPHEUS; ALPHEUS HETEROCHELIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HETEROCHELIS; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031444748     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542942     Document Type: Article

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