Marsupial genetics and genomics

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 517-521

  Graves, Jennifer A Marshall ^a   Westerman, Michael ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; GENE MAPPING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; KANGAROO; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EUTHERIA; MACROPUS SP.; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 0036803193     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9525(02)02772-5     Document Type: Review

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