Temperature during early life determines sex in zebrafish, Danio rerio (Hamilton, 1822)

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 17, Issue , 2012, Pages 68-73

  Sfakianakis, Dimitris G ^a   Leris, Ioannis ^a   Mylonas, Constantinos C ^b   Kentouri, Maroudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Larval rearing; Sex differentiation; Temperature; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO;

EID: 84858017010     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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