Microscopic anatomy of the thin-walled vessels leaving the heart of the lobster Homarus americanus: Anterior median artery

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 189-200

  Cavey, Michael J ^b   Chan, Kincaid S ^a,b   Wilkens, Jerrel L ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

F actin histochemistry; Hemolymph vessel; Microfilaments

Indexed keywords

CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 42149125298     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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