Oogenesis in the common Japanese conger Conger myriaster

Fisheries Science

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-188

  Utoh, Tomoko ^a   Horie, Noriyuki ^a   Okamura, Akihiro ^a   Yamada, Yoshiaki ^a   Tanaka, Satoru ^a   Mikawa, Naomi ^a   Akazawa, Atsushi ^a   Oka, Hideo P ^a  

^a IRAGO Institute Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Characteristics of oocyte; Conger myriaster; Developmental stage; Gonadosomatic index (GSI); Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLIDAE; ANGUILLIFORMES; CONGER CONGER; CONGER MYRIASTER; CONGRIDAE;

EID: 0037328072     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2003.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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