The central nervous system of lungfishes

The Biology of Lungfishes

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 393-446

  Northcutt, R Glenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Diencephalon; Hindbrain; Midbrain; Prosencephalon; Spinal cord

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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