Proportion regulation in the planarian, Dugesia tigrina following regeneration of structures

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 383, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 105-109

  Mead, Robert W ^a   Christman, Jenifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dugesia tigrina; Planarians; Proportion regulation; Regeneration; Tricladida; Turbellaria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032419087     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003434215199     Document Type: Article

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