Drosophila telomere elongation

CIBA Foundation Symposia

Volumn , Issue 211, 1997, Pages 53-70

  Biessmann, Harald ^a   Walter, Marika F ^a   Mason, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; RETROPOSON; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RETROELEMENTS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031302896     PISSN: 03005208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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