The freshwater mussel (Elliptio complanata) as a sentinel species: Vitellogenin and steroid receptors

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-80

  Won, Seung Jae ^a   Novillo, Apolonia ^a   Custodia, Noemi ^a   Rie, Melanie T ^a   Fitzgerald, Kelly ^a   Osada, Makoto ^b   Callard, Ian P ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; ELLIPTIO COMPLANATA; GADUS MORHUA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 19944406458     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/45.1.72     Document Type: Conference Paper

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