Mammalian tactile hair: Divergence from a limited distribution

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1225, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-100

  Sarko, Diana K ^a   Rice, Frank L ^b   Reep, Roger L ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; Hyrax; Manatee; Naked mole rat; Somatosensory; Vibrissae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DUGONG; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HYRAX; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TACTILE HAIR; TACTILE STIMULATION;

HETEROCEPHALUS GLABER; MAMMALIA; PROCAVIIDAE; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 79955540876     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.05979.x     Document Type: Article

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