Ontogenetic changes in RNA, DNA and protein contents of laboratory-reared Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 378-384

  Tanaka, Yosuke ^a   Gwak, Woo Seok ^b   Tanaka, Masaru ^c   Sawada, Yoshifumi ^d   Okada, Tokihiko ^d   Miyashita, Shigeru ^d   Kumai, Hidemi ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FAR SEAS FISHERIES   (Japan)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early growth; Metamorphosis; Pacific bluefin tuna; RNA DNA ratio

Indexed keywords

SCOMBRIDAE; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 34147140032     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01345.x     Document Type: Article

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