Ultrastructure of the oocytes of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica during artificially induced sexual maturation

Fisheries Science

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 870-879

  Kayaba, Takaaki ^a   Takeda, Noriko ^b   Adachi, Shinji ^c   Yamauchi, Kohei ^c  

^a Hokkaido Institute of Mariculture   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Fish Hatchery   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Artificial maturation; Japanese eel; Oocyte; Teleost; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038710007     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1444-2906.2001.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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