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This chapter serves two purposes: First, to show how genetics can be used as a tool in neurobiological research and, secondly, to argue that bacteria and protozoa can be used as model systems for such an interdisciplinary approach.
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Kung, C. (1975). Genetic Dissection — An Approach to Neurobiology. In: Eisenstein, E.M. (eds) Aneural Organisms in Neurobiology. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4473-5_3
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