The natural history of Caenorhabditis elegans research

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 474-479

  Ankeny, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ART; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTORY; RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENOME; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; PORTRAITS; RESEARCH;

EID: 0035375138     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35076538     Document Type: Review

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