Larval development of the oriental lancelet, Branchiostoma belcheri, in laboratory mass culture

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 787-797

  Urata, Makoto ^a   Yamaguchi, Nobuo ^a   Henmi, Yasuhisa ^b   Yasui, Kinya ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphioxus; Chordate; Laboratory culture; Larval development; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE CHORDATA; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPRODUCTION; TIME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHORDATA, NONVERTEBRATE; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BRANCHIOSTOMA BELCHERI; BRANCHIOSTOMA LANCEOLATUM;

EID: 35948996592     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.787     Document Type: Article

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