Evolution of the first nervous systems - What can we surmise?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 501-503

  Bucher, Dirk ^a   Anderson, Peter A V ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84926359316     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.111799     Document Type: Article

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