Development of thyroid gland and changes in thyroid hormone levels in Leptocephali of Japanese Eel (Anguilla japonica)

Aquaculture

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 499-504

  Yamano, Keisuke ^a   Nomura, Kazuharu ^a   Tanaka, Hideki ^a  

^a FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eel; Leptocephalus; Metamorphosis; T3; T4; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; EEL; HORMONE; IMMUNITY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 34547700487     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2007.05.033     Document Type: Article

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