Annual reproductive cycle based on histological changes in the ovary of the female mosquitofish,Gambusia affinis, in central Japan

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Koya, Yasunori ^a   Itazu, Takako ^a   Inoue, Mutsumi ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

oogenesis; pregnancy; reproduction; vitellogenesis; Viviparous fish

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032345745     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: 16163915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02673922     Document Type: Article

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