Growth hormone-like substance in the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 781-786

  Gallardo, Wenresti G ^a   Hagiwara, Atsushi ^a   Hara, Kenji ^a   Soyano, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachionus plicatilis; Extraction; GH like substance; Reproduction; Rotifera

Indexed keywords

BRACHIONUS PLICATILIS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 33746885099     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2006.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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