The demise of the Platonic worm

Nematology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-79

  Azevedo, Ricardo B R ^a   Cunha, Ana ^a   Emmons, Scott W ^b   Leroi, Armand M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Branching process; Caenorhabditis elegans; Cell number; Cephalobidae; Cutely; Lateral epidermis; Nematoda; Panagrolaimidae; Rhabditidae; Simulations; V cell lineage; Variance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034034810     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854100508917     Document Type: Conference Paper

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