Altered body shape as a morphometric indicator of triploidy in Indian catfish Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 1999, Pages 907-910

  Tiwary, B K ^a   Kirubagaran, R ^b   Ray, A K ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BODY BUILD; DIPLOIDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HETEROPNEUSTES FOSSILIS; KARYOTYPING; TRIPLOIDY;

EID: 0033399941     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.1999.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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