Ontogeny of immune system organs in northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis, Temminck and Schlegel 1844)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-21

  Watts, M ^a,b   Kato, K ^c   Munday, B L ^b   Burke, C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kidney; Northern bluefin tuna; Ontogeny; Spleen; Thunnus orientalis; Thymus

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE SYSTEM; ONTOGENY;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; TELEOSTEI; THUNNUS; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; THUNNUS THYNNUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242684756     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2109.2003.00779.x     Document Type: Article

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