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Journal of Experimental Biology 36,341-346 (1959)
Published by Company of Biologists 1959

The Physical Properties of the Isolated Swimbladder in Cyprinidae

R. MCN. ALEXANDER 1

1 Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge; Now at the Department of Zoology, University College of North Wales, Bangor

1. The anterior sac of the cyprinid swimbladder is much more extensible than the posterior sac.

2. The anterior sac is not significantly more extensible in length than in other directions.

Submitted on October 22, 1958






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