Immunocytochemical and histological studies on the hypophyseal-gonadal system in the freshwater nile tilapia, oreochromis niloticus (l.), During sexual maturation and spawning in different habitats

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 343-354

  Mousa, Shaaban A ^a,c   Mousa, Mostafa A ^b  

^a ASWAN UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0033179636     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19990801)284:3<343::AID-JEZ12>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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