Further improvements to the photoelectric method for measuring motile responses of chromatophores 1

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1-12, 2000, Pages 33-45

  Fujii, Ryozo ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a,b   Oshima, Noriko ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJIREBIO INC   (Japan)

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EID: 0348237011     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.33     Document Type: Article

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