Phenotypic variation in a genetically identical population of mice

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 5269-5274

  Weichman, Karin ^a,b   Chaillet, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME IMPRINTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030786915     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.9.5269     Document Type: Article

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