Symmetry variation in the heart-descending artery system of the parthenogenetic marbled crayfish

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 270, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-226

  Vogt, Günter ^a,c   Wirkner, Christian S ^b   Richter, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Epigenetics; Heart; Marbled crayfish; Sternal artery; Symmetry; Variation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTERY; ARTICLE; CRAYFISH; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HEART; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTERIES; ASTACOIDEA; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HEART; MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; BULBUS; CAMBARID SP. AB-2002; METAZOA;

EID: 64349096166     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10676     Document Type: Article

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