Staging of middle and late embryonic development in the medicinal leech, Hirudo medicinalis

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 402, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-167

  Reynolds, Shirley A ^a   French, Kathleen A ^a   Baader, Andreas ^a   Kristan Jr , William B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cell fate; Embryogenesis; Nervous system; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; LEECH; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; LARVA; LEECHES; MORPHOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032517742     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19981214)402:2<155::AID-CNE2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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