The relationships between brain regions and forelimb dexterity in marsupials (Marsupialia): A comparative test of the principle of proper mass

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 99-110

  Iwaniuk, Andrew N ^a   Nelson, John E ^a   Whishaw, Ian Q ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARSUPIAL;

EID: 0034049411     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO99043     Document Type: Article

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