Temperature and gender influences on the hepatic stroma (and associated pancreatic acini) of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Teleostei, Cichlidae): A stereological analysis by light microscopy

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 221-230

  Figueiredo Fernandes, António M ^a   Fontaínhas Fernandes, António A ^a,b   Monteiro, Rogério A F ^c,d   Reis Henriques, Maria A ^c,d   Rocha, Eduardo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Eosinophilic granule cells; Liver; Macrophages; Pancreas; Stereology; Stroma; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

CICHLIDAE; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL SIZE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREAS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; TILAPIA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CELL SIZE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY, POLARIZATION; ORGAN SIZE; ORGANELLES; PANCREAS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE; TILAPIA;

EID: 33644860150     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10396     Document Type: Article

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