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Twinning in Porichthys notatus Girard
Author(s) -
Stephens Robert Rhea
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
transactions of the american fisheries society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.696
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1548-8659
pISSN - 0002-8487
DOI - 10.1577/1548-8659(1973)102<846:tipng>2.0.co;2
Subject(s) - crystal twinning , biology , chemistry , crystallography , microstructure
Three sets of twins hatched from 900 eggs of Porichthys notatus Girard. Two sets were immediately preserved. At no time during development did the third set differ significantly from nontwin larvae. Twinning probably occurred during cleavage.