Histological and scanning electron microscopic organization and functional aspects of the surface olfactory epithelium of the freshwater minor carp, Puntius sophore (Hamilton)

Proceedings of the Zoological Society

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-119

  Ghosh, Saroj Kumar ^a   Chakrabarti, Padmanabha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

Functions; Olfactory epithelium; Puntius sophore; Structural organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959749777     PISSN: 03735893     EISSN: 09746919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12595-010-0016-2     Document Type: Article

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