Invertebrates may not be so different after all

Novartis Foundation Symposium

Volumn 244, Issue , 2002, Pages 115-135

  Zarkower, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLESEX PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HELMINTH PROTEIN; MAB 3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS; MAB-3 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; GENETICS; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MALE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS);

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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