Sex Determination in Fishes

Hormones and Reproduction of Vertebrates - Volume 1

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-14

  Paul Prasanth, Bindhu ^a,b   Nakamura, Masaru ^a,c   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^a,b  

^a Japan Science and Technology Agency   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

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EID: 84870817898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-375009-9.10001-3     Document Type: Chapter

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