The arthropod head

Arthropod Biology and Evolution: Molecules, Development, Morphology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 223-240

  Richter, Stefan ^a   Stein, Martin ^b   Frase, Thomas ^a   Szucsich, Nikolaus U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-36160-9_10     Document Type: Chapter

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