Annelid endocrine disruptors and a survey of invertebrate FMRFamide-related peptides

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 88-96

  Krajniak, Kevin G ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; BIVALVIA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MACROCALLISTA NIMBOSA;

EID: 19944378795     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.1.88     Document Type: Conference Paper

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