Effect of thyroid hormones on the stage-specific pigmentation of the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1101-1106

  Yoo, Jin Hyung ^a   Takeuchi, Toshio ^a   Tagawa, Masatomo ^b   Seikai, Tadahisa ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c FUKUI PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANOPHORA; PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

EID: 0034310263     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.1101     Document Type: Article

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