Rodlet cells and granulated leucocytes in the bulbus arteriosus of swordtail, Xiphophorus helleri L. and platy, Xiphophorus maculatus L. (Poecilidae: Teleostei)

Fish and Shellfish Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 433-436

  Leknes, I L ^a  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bulbus arteriosus; Granulocytes; Poecilid; Rodlet cells

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BULBUS; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; TELEOSTEI; XIPHOPHORUS HELLERII; XIPHOPHORUS MACULATUS;

EID: 0035402328     PISSN: 10504648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fsim.2000.0325     Document Type: Article

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