The year of the worm

BioEssays

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-109

  Plasterk, Ronald H A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GENOME ANALYSIS; WORM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0033083815     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199902)21:2<105::AID-BIES4>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Review

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