Estrogen-independent ovary formation in the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes

Zoological Science

Volumn 17, Issue 1-12, 2000, Pages 65-68

  Kawahara, Tetsuya ^a   Yamashita, Ichiro ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0348237008     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.17.65     Document Type: Article

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