Distribution and Morphological Features of Taste Buds in the Zebrafish, Danio rerio

Journal of Oral Biosciences

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-82

  Ohkubo, Yuko ^a   Masubuchi, Masahiko ^a   Fujioka, Kazuto ^a   Tomita, Yusuke ^a   Matsushita, Tomoko ^a   Ohsuga, Kenji ^a   Marui, Takayuki ^a  

^a OHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

distribution; morphology; taste buds; zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350347159     PISSN: 13490079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2330/joralbiosci.47.77     Document Type: Article

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