Fine structure of the organ of attachment of the teleost, Garra gotyla gotyla (Ham)

Zoology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 300-309

  Das, Debasish ^a   Nag, Tapas C ^a  

^a DARJEELING GOVERNMENT COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cyprinid; Epidermis; Filament cells; Keratinization; Mucous granules

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; GARRA GOTYLA GOTYLA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 33749991098     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.03.007     Document Type: Article

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