Seeking the ultimate and proximate causes of Volvox multicellularity and cellular differentiation

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 247-253

  Kirk, David L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; EUKARYOTA; VOLVOCACEAE; VOLVOX; VOLVOX CARTERI;

EID: 0042905863     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.2.247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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