Histological Process and Dynamics of Germ Cell Degeneration in Pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis Larvae and Juveniles during Exposure to Warm Water

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 297, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-179

  Ito, Lauro Satoru ^a   Yamashita, Michiaki ^b   Strüssmann, Carlos Augusto ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; ODONTESTHES; ODONTESTHES BONARIENSIS;

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; PERCIFORMES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 0141499313     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.10249     Document Type: Article

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