Visual accommodation system and retinal ganglion cell distribution in the retina of a dolphin fish, Coryphaena hippurus

Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi (Japanese Edition)

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 933-939

  Momose, Osamu ^a   Takei, Shiro ^b   Maekawa, Youichi ^a   Uchida, Makoto ^a   Somiya, Hiroaki ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORYPHAENA HIPPURUS; CORYPHAENIDAE;

EID: 0742288111     PISSN: 00215392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/suisan.69.933     Document Type: Article

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