Artificial Fertilization Using Testicular Spermatozoa in the Japanese Eel Anguilla japonica

Fisheries Science

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 393-396

  Ohta, Hiromi ^a   Tanaka, Hideki ^a   Kagawa, Hirohiko ^a   Okuzawa, Koichi ^a   Iinuma, Norio ^b  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acquisition of motility; Artificial fertilization; Fertility; Japanese eel; Sperm motility; Testicular spermatozoa

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANGUILLIFORMES; JAPONICA;

EID: 0000016136     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.63.393     Document Type: Article

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