Evolution and development of pigment cells: At the crossroads of the discipline

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2000, Pages 150-155

  Mason, Kenneth A ^a   Frost Mason, Sally K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative biology; Lower vertebrates; Organismal approach; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOUSE; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; MICE; PIGMENTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 0034565408     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.13.s8.27.x     Document Type: Article

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