Gonadal development and sex differentiation in the cichlid fish Cichlasoma dimerus (Teleostei, Perciformes): A light- and electron-microscopic study

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 264, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 191-210

  Meijide, Fernando J ^a   Lo Nostro, Fabiana L ^a   Guerrero, Graciela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cichlidae; Gonadal development; Histology; Sex differentiation; Teleostei; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CICHLASOMA; CICHLIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 20044372066     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10329     Document Type: Article

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