Laboratory and evolutionary history of Tetrahymena thermophila

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 62, 2000, Pages 3-25

  Nanney, David L ^a   Simon, Ellen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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ANIMAL; BREEDING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033988258     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
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