Thermally induced plasticity of body shape in adult zebrafish Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 271, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1319-1327

  Georga, Ioanna ^a   Koumoundouros, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Developmental temperature; Phenotypic plasticity; Sexual dimorphism; Teleosts; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPERATURE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; TEMPERATURE; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 79952200224     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10874     Document Type: Article

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