An in vivo electrophysiological study of mating behaviour in the snail helix aspersa

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Koene, Joris M ^a   Jansen, Rene F ^b   Ter Maat, Andries ^b   Chase, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Copulation; Electrophysiology; Mollusc; Neuropeptides

Indexed keywords

HELIX ASPERSA;

EID: 0032840197     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.1999.9652687     Document Type: Article

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