Why Do Stem Cells Exist?

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 334-341

  Heddle, John A ^a   Cosentino, Lidia ^a   Dawod, Germaine ^a   Swiger, Roy R ^a   Paashuis Lew, Yolanda ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Cancer; Cell division; Somatic mutation; Tronsgenic mutation assays

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0030331125     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1996)28:4<334::aid-em6>3.0.co;2-b     Document Type: Article

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