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Original Article

Autonomic innervation and photosensitivity of the sphincter pupillae muscle of two teleosts: Lophius piscatorius and Opsanus tau

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Pages 543-551 | Received 06 Aug 1981, Accepted 19 Jan 1982, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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