The importance of studying invertebrate immune-neuroendocrine functions

Invertebrate Survival Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-3

  Ottaviani, Enzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolution; Invertebrate; Translational biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900497751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1824307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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