Meristic variation in the medaka (oryzias latipes) produced by temperature and by chemicals affecting metabolism

Meristic characters in offspring from 27 pairs of medaka were investigated with respect to some factors known to alter metabolism. Temperature, light, thyroxine, thiourea, dinitrophenol, urethan and salinity were tested. Egg size, egg density, nature of rearing containers, quality of successive day&...

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Main Author: Ali, Mohammed Youssouf
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38795