Fluorescent chromatophore detected in the guppy Poecilia reticulata

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 745-747

  Nakajima, Masamichi ^a   Shinohara, Eiji ^a   Fujio, Yoshihisa ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA RETICULATA;

EID: 0033212049     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.745     Document Type: Article

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