Preliminary remarks on nor location in a sicilian population of lebias fasciata (teleostei, cyprinodontidae)

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 269-272

  Ferrito, Venera ^a   La Paglia, Lucrezia ^a   Sgarlata, Maria Teresa ^a   Mauceri, Angela ^b   Tigano, Concetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lebias fasciata; NOR; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041116572     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000009356322     Document Type: Article

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