Muscling in on parasitic flatworms

Parasitology Today

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 73-76

  Mair, Gunnar R ^a   Maule, Aaron G ^a   Shaw, Chris ^a   Halton, David W ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INNERVATION; LASER MICROSCOPY; LOCOMOTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; SHORT SURVEY;

CESTODA; INVERTEBRATA; MONOGENEA; PLATYHELMINTHES; PROTOZOA; TREMATODA;

EID: 0032008176     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01182-4     Document Type: Article

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