The spermatogenetic process in Barbus longiceps, Capoeta damascina andtheir natural sterile hybrid (teleostei, cyprinidae)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 458-468

  Stoumboudi, M Th ^a,b   Abraham, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

co mputerized morphometry; Cyprinids; gonadultrastructure; hybrid; spermatogenesis; sterility

Indexed keywords

BARBUS LONGICEPS; CAPOETA DAMASCINA;

EID: 0030237160     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfbi.1996.0172     Document Type: Article

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