Chromosome segregation in fertilized eggs from triploid pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg), following inhibition of polar body 1

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-19

  Que, Huayong ^a   Guo, Ximing ^b   Zhang, Fusui ^a   Allen Jr , Standish K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 0030865052     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542732     Document Type: Article

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