Size-dependent neural integration between genetically different colonies of a marine bryozoan

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1229-1239

  Shapiro, Daniel F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allorecognition; Behavioral coordination; Bryozoa; Chimeras; Coloniality; Fusion; Membranipora membranacea; Neural integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242339574     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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