Ultrastructural aspects of the ontogeny and differentiation of ray-finned fish ovarian follicles

The Fish Oocyte: From Basic Studies to Biotechnological Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-37

  Menn, Francoise Le ^a   Cerdà, Joan ^b   Babin, Patrick J ^a  

^a Unite mixte INRA IFREMER Universite Bordeaux 1 UMR Nuage   (France)

^b IRTA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6235-3_1     Document Type: Chapter

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