Triploidy alters brain morphology in pre-smolt Atlantic salmon Salmo salar: Possible implications for behaviour

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2199-2212

  Fraser, T W K ^a   Fjelldal, P G ^b   Skjaeraasen J E ^b,c   Hansen, T ^b   Mayer, I ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Cell size; Cognition; Diploid; Sterile

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BRAIN; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRIPLOIDY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; ORGAN SIZE; SALMO SALAR; TRIPLOIDY;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 84871282904     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03479.x     Document Type: Article

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