Functional organization of the nervous system in Lumbriculus variegatus
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function in the blackworm, Lumbriculus variegatus (Class Oligochaeta). This worm is being used at high school and college levels for student laboratory exercises and research projects. It has proven quite useful and reliable for studies of segment regeneration, circulatory physiology, locomotion, eco-toxicology, and neurobiology (Drewes, 1996a; Lesiuk and Drewes, 1998; Drewes and Cain, 1998). The following article provides students and instructors with general information about this worm’s nervous system which is not currently available in any biology texts. Correspondence or questions about this information are welcome. Please address to: Charles Drewes, Zoology & Genetics, Room 339 Science II Building, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, 50011; or phone: (515) 294-8061; or email: [email protected] ]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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تاریخ انتشار 2002