Blastomere morphology as a predictive measure of fish egg viability

Aquaculture

Volumn 155, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Shields, R J ^a   Brown, N P ^b   Bromage, N R ^b  

^a Sea Fish Industry Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blastomeres; Cleavage; Fish eggs; Hippoglossus hippoglossus; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030670023     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(97)00105-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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