New perspectives on sea urchin gametogenesis and their relevance to aquaculture

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1507-1514

  Walker, Charles W ^a   McGinn, Nature A ^a   Harrington, Laura M ^a   Lesser, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; C myc; Gametogenesis; Gonad index; Histology; Molecular biology; Stereology; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; Urchin; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032423687     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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