Isolation of developmental mutants of the ascidian Ciona savignyi

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 199-206

  Moody, R ^a   Davis, S W ^a   Cubas, F ^a   Smith, W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; Development; Ethylnitrosourea (ENU); Mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MUTAGEN; ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EGG; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYOLOGY; FERTILIZATION; HERITABILITY; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE GENE; SPERM; TAIL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; FEMALE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SPERMATOZOA; UROCHORDATA;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA SAVIGNYI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032830179     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051075     Document Type: Article

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