BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM | Functional Morphology of the Brains of Agnathans

Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment: Volume 1-3

Volumn 1-3, Issue , 2011, Pages 16-25

  Pombal, M A ^a   Megias M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cyclostomes; Diencephalon; Evolution; Forebrain; Hagfish; Hindbrain; Lamprey; Midbrain; Myxine; Prosomeres; Secondary prosencephalon; Segmental organization; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870691053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374553-8.00001-0     Document Type: Chapter

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