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Three decades of fish cell culture: A current listing of cell lines derived from fishes

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Cultured fish cells currently have application in many fields of biological research, and teleost cell lines have been initiated from a broad range of tissues and organs. Lines reported in the literature represent 74 species or hybrids from 34 families of fishes. A listing of these fish cell lines is provided.

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Fryer, J.L., Lannan, C.N. Three decades of fish cell culture: A current listing of cell lines derived from fishes. Journal of Tissue Culture Methods 16, 87–94 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01404816

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