Biological traits of rare males in the population of Carassius gibelio (Actinopterygii: Cyprinidae) from Lake Pamvotis (north-west Greece)

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 570-584

  Liasko, R ^a   Liousia, V ^a   Vrazeli, P ^a   Papiggioti, O ^a   Chortatou, R ^a   Abatzopoulos, Th J ^b   Leonardos, I D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Growth pattern; Gynogenesis; Polyploidy; Tetraploid males

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CYPRINIFORMES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GOLDFISH; GREECE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLOIDY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; PREJUDICE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; GOLDFISH; GREECE; MALE; PLOIDIES; PREJUDICE; REPRODUCTION;

ACTINOPTERYGII; CARASSIUS AURATUS; CARASSIUS GIBELIO; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES;

EID: 77955263376     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02699.x     Document Type: Article

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