The neuropeptide APGWamide as a penis morphogenic factor (PMF) in gastropod mollusks

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-32

  Oberdörster, Eva ^a,c   Romano, Jocelyn ^a   McClellan Green, Patricia ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; ILYANASSA OBSOLETA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 19944367597     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.1.28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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