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Behavioural and morphological differences between feral and domesticated strains of common carp Cyprinus carpio.
Journal of fish biology - 1 Oct 2009
Matsuzaki S S, Mabuchi K, Takamura N, Nishida M, Washitani I
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Morphological and behavioural traits of a feral strain of the common carp Cyprinus carpio from Lake Biwa in Japan were compared with those of two domesticated strains reared in Japan (one commercial strain and one ornamental koi). To compare genetically inherited traits, all fish were reared from eggs under similar environmental conditions. Using these fish, the following five traits were compared among the three...
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