Apoptosis and change of competence limit the size of the vulva equivalence group in Pristionchus pacificus: A genetic analysis

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 52-59

  Sommer, Ralf J ^a,b   Sternberg, Paul W ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PANAGROLAIMIDAE; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; RHABDITIDAE; ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MUTATION; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; VULVA;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; MUTATION; RHABDITIDA; VULVA;

EID: 0029201410     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00421-9     Document Type: Article

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