Two mechanisms for increasing milt volume in male goldfish, Carassius auratus

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 287-295

  Zheng, Wenbin ^a   Stacey, Norm E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARASSIUS AURATUS;

EID: 0030481798     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19961101)276:4<287::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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