Guanine and its retinal distribution in the tapetum of the bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-372

  Somiya, Hiroaki ^a   Takei, Shiro ^a   Mitani, Isamu ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Prefectural Marine Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS OBESUS;

EID: 0034722134     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02674264     Document Type: Article

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