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Higashiyama, H. & Hirasawa, T. & Oisi, Y. & Sugahara, F. & Hyodo, S. & Kanai, Y. & Kuratani, S. (2016)
On the vagal cardiac nerves, with special reference to the early evolution of the head-trunk interface. Journal of Morphology, 277(9), 1146–1158
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