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Original Articles

Possible neural control of asexually reproductive fragmentation in Enchytraeus japonensis (Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae)

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Pages 35-42 | Received 26 Feb 1999, Accepted 29 Jun 1999, Published online: 01 Dec 2010

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