Unique two-photoreceptor scanning eye of the nematode Mermis nigrescens

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 206-221

  Mohamed, Abir Khalil ^a,b   Burr, Carolyn ^a,b   Burr, A H Jay ^a,b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM; EYE; NEMATODE; PHOTORECEPTION; PHOTOTAXIS;

MERMIS NIGRESCENS;

EID: 34250821063     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25066603     Document Type: Article

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