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Scanning Behavior in the Medicinal Leech Hirudo verbana

While moving through their environment, medicinal leeches stop periodically and wave their head or body back and forth. This activity has been previously described as two separate behaviors: one called ‘head movement’ and another called ‘body waving’. Here, we report that these behaviors exist on a...

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Autores principales: Harley, Cynthia M., Wagenaar, Daniel A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3897618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24465907
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0086120