Induction of triploidy and tetraploidy in Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.)

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 269-275

  El Gamal, Abdel Rahman A ^a   Davis, Kenneth B ^b   Jenkins, Jill A ^c,d   Les Torrans, E ^c  

^a Agriculture Research Center   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 0033408648     PISSN: 08938849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1999.tb00875.x     Document Type: Article

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