The Locomotion of Living Organisms. Some Hints for an Evolutionistic Reconsideration of Biology's "Foregone" Topics

Rivista di Biologia - Biology Forum

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 441-455

  Banchetti, Rosalba ^a   Erra, Fabrizio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cirri; Hypotrichs; Thigmotaxis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; HYPOTRICHIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1542380992     PISSN: 22822593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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