Evolution of nematode vulval fate patterning

Developmental Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 396-407

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

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VULVA;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030047906     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0035     Document Type: Review

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