The zebrafish (Danio rerio) caudal complex - a model to study vertebral body fusion

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 235-238

  Bensimon Brito, A ^a   Cancela, M L ^a   Huysseune, A ^b   Witten, P E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYPRINIFORMES; DANIO RERIO; SALMONIFORMES; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 77954185246     PISSN: 01758659     EISSN: 14390426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0426.2010.01412.x     Document Type: Article

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