Asian medaka fishes offer new models for studying mechanisms of seawater adaptation

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 635-645

  Inoue, Koji ^a   Takei, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Hatching; Medaka; Natriuretic peptide; Oryzias; Osmoregulation; Seawater; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EMBRYO; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FISH GENETICS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; SPECIES COMPARISON; TELEOST; TRANSGENICS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO; DANIO RERIO; ORYZIAS; ORYZIAS LATIPES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 0345528199     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00204-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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