Ocellar pigmentation and phototaxis in the nematode Mermis Nigrescens: Changes during development

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1341-1350

  Burr, A H Jay ^a   Wagar, Donna ^a   Sidhu, Parmjit ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Haemoglobin; Life cycle; Mechanism; Mermis nigrescens; Molecular opportunism; Nematode; Ocellus; Orientation; Phototaxis; Transverse phototaxis

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LIGHT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; HEMOGLOBINS; LARVA; LIGHT; MOVEMENT; NEMATODA; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; MERMIS NIGRESCENS;

EID: 0034099512     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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