Red light accelerates and melatonin retards metamorphosis of frog tadpoles

BMC Physiology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-6

  Joshi, Bhaskar N ^a   Mohinuddin, Khaja ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; RED LIGHT; TADPOLE; WHITE LIGHT;

EID: 2942659774     PISSN: 14726793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6793-3-1     Document Type: Article

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