Breeding of zebrafish in the laboratory environment for research development

  • Sang Ho Kim Department of Biology Education, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoung-book 712-714, Republic of Korea.
  • Chanchal Sharma Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoung-book 712-714, Republic of Korea.
  • Imran Khan Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoung-book 712-714, Republic of Korea.
  • Sun Chul Kang Department of Biotechnology, Daegu University, Kyoungsan, Kyoung-book 712-714, Republic of Korea.
Keywords: Zebrafish maintenance, Breeding, Spawning
DOI: 10.3329/bjp.v12i4.34143

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2017-11-30

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