Ontogeny of the osteocranium in the African catfish, Clarias gariepinus burchell (1822) (Siluriformes: Clariidae): Ossification sequence as a response to functional demands

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 183-237

  Adriaens, Dominique ^a   Verraes, Walter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 0031929023     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199803)235:3<183::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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