Soma-germ cell interactions in Caenorhabditis elegans: Multiple events of hermaphrodite germline development require the somatic sheath and spermathecal lineages

Developmental Biology

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 121-143

  McCarter, James ^a   Bartlett, Bart ^a   Dang, Thanh ^a   Schedl, Tim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; GONAD; HERMAPHRODITISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031568296     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.8429     Document Type: Article

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