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Computer-aided studies of vision in crabs

W. Jon. Barnes Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences
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Aaron Johnson Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences
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Geoff Horseman Division of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences
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Martin Macauley Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Scotland, U.K
Pages 37-56 | Published online: 26 Oct 2010

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