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Contribution to the Study of the Function of the Nervous System in Nematoda

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The study of the physiology of the nervous and muscular systems of nematodes is at present based mainly on the swine ascarid as a model. Other representatives of Nematoda have not been investigated as much in this respect.

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Shishov, B.A. (1968). Contribution to the Study of the Function of the Nervous System in Nematoda . In: Salánki, J. (eds) Neurobiology of Invertebrates. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8618-0_34

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