Functional modifications associated with gastrointestinal tract organogenesis during metamorphosis in Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus)

Background: Flatfish metamorphosis is a hormone regulated post-embryonic developmental event that transforms a symmetric larva into an asymmetric juvenile. In altricial-gastric teleost fish, differentiation of the stomach takes place after the onset of first feeding, and during metamorphosis dramati...

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Main Author: Gomes, Ana S. (author)
Other Authors: Kamisaka, Y. (author), Harboe, Torstein (author), Power, Deborah (author), Rønnestad, I. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3740
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/3740