Sexual dimorphism of the electrosensory system: A quantitative analysis of nerve axons in the dorsal anterior lateral line nerve of the blue-spotted fantail stingray (Taeniura lymma)

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 226-235

  Kempster, R M ^a   Garza Gisholt, E ^a   Egeberg, C A ^a   Hart, N S ^a   O'Shea, O R ^b,c   Collin, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ampullae of Lorenzini; Anterior lateral line nerve; Elasmobranch; Electrosensory system; Mate selection; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ELASMOBRANCHII; TAENIURA LYMMA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE FIBER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTRIC FISH; ELECTRIC ORGAN; FEMALE; LATERAL LINE SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84928629489     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000351700     Document Type: Article

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