Cloning and expression analysis of the vitellogenin gene in the scallop Chlamys farreri and the effects of estradiol-17β on its synthesis

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 312-321

  Qin, Zhenkui ^a   Li, Yun ^a   Sun, Dapeng ^a,b   Shao, Mingyu ^a   Zhang, Zhifeng ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b LIAONING OCEAN AND FISHERIES SCIENCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Follicle cell; Hepatopancreas

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CHLAMYS FARRERI;

EID: 84870498531     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ivb.12006     Document Type: Article

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