Mucous cell types in the branchial epithelium of the euryhaline fishPoecilia vivipara

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 545-548

  Saboia Moraes S M T ^a   Hernandez Blazquez, F J ^a   Mota, D L ^b   Bittencourt, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UFP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

gills; histochemistry; mucous cells; Poecilia vivipara

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030236171     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0182     Document Type: Article

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