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THERE are similarities in the sex-biology of the oyster, O. edulis, and the salmon, Salmo solar, which may prove to be fundamental in character.
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ORTON, J. Sex-Biology of the Oyster and the Salmon. Nature 140, 68–69 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/140068b0
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