Skin lectin and the lymphoid tissues in the leptocephalus larvae of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

Fisheries Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 636-643

  Suzuki, Yuzuru ^a   Otake, Tsuguo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anguilla japonica; Club cell; Eel; Kidney; Leptocephalus; Lymphoid tissue; Ontogeny; Skin lectin; Thymus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005233273     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2000.00104.x     Document Type: Article

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