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Rapid growth, early maturation and short generation time in African annual fishes

BACKGROUND: Extreme environmental conditions can give rise to extreme adaptations. We document growth, sexual maturation and fecundity in two species of African annual fish inhabiting temporary savanna pools. RESULTS: Nothobranchius kadleci started to reproduce at the age of 17 days and size of 31 m...

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Autores principales: Blažek, Radim, Polačik, Matej, Reichard, Martin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3844391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24007640
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-9139-4-24