Sex determination studies in two species of teleost fish, Oreochromis niloticus and Leporinus elongatus

Zoological Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 279-285

  Baroiller, Jean François ^a,b   Nakayama, Ichiro ^c   Foresti, Fausto ^d   Chourrout, Daniel ^c  

^a Campus de Beaulieu   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fish; Genetics; Leporinus; Oreochromis; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030342887     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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