Variability in the location of the retinal ganglion cell area centralis is correlated with ontogenetic changes in feeding behavior in the black bream, Acanthopagrus butcheri (Sparidae, Teleostei)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 176-190

  Shand, Julia ^a   Chin, Stephanie M ^a   Harman, Alison M ^a   Moore, Stephen ^a   Collin, Shaun P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Fish; Ganglion cells; Retinal topography; Visual axis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0033847963     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000006651     Document Type: Article

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