Article
Histological study of the development and sex differentiation of the gonad in the European eel
1996-03-01
Abstract excerpt
The histological structure of the gonads was studied in yellow eels sampled from a coastal lagoon and from stocks reared in an aquaculture plant showing different sex ratios. Gonad development related to body size rather than to age and underwent an intermediate stage characterized by a structure of an early testis but containing oogonia and oocytes. This gonad was called the Syrski organ and the stage juvenile am...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4e3a4da4-53a0-51cd-89e8-612a3414b7bc
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1095-8649.1996.tb01443.x
