From sphere to torus: A topological view of the metazoan body plan

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Jockusch, Harald ^a   Dress, Andreas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; METAZOA;

EID: 0037266954     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bulm.2002.0319     Document Type: Article

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