Form and function of the larval nervous system in molluscs

Invertebrate Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 173-187

  Croll, Roger p ^a   Dickinson, Amanda j g ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Development; Neuron; Transmitter; Trochophore; Veliger

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 20044377441     PISSN: 07924259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2004.9652620     Document Type: Review

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