Shedding light on photosensitive behaviour in brown planaria (Dugesia Tigrina)

Perception

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 743-746

  Davidson, Colin ^a   Prados, Jose ^b   Gibson, Claire L ^b   Young, Andrew M J ^b   Barnes, Darrel ^b   Sherlock, Rachel ^b   Hutchinson, Claire V ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80051640089     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6949     Document Type: Article

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