A mutational analysis of conjugation in Tetrahymena thermophila: 1. Phenotypes affecting early development: Meiosis to nuclear selection

Developmental Biology

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-232

  Cole, Eric S ^a   Cassidy Hanley, Donna ^b   Hemish, Jill ^a   Tuan, Jean ^b   Bruns, Peter J ^b  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPHASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CILIATE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FERTILIZATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ZYGOTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0031572241     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1997.8648     Document Type: Article

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