Stopping and starting the meiotic cell cycle

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-31

  Page, Andrea W ^a   Orr Weaver, Terry L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME; DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031047711     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80105-0     Document Type: Article

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