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Left asymmetry in the animal kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

G. J. Vermeij
G. J. Vermeij
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Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 1 , Issue 2 , June 1978 , pp. 320 - 322
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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