Alternative morphs and plasticity of vulval development in a rhabditid nematode species

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 55-63

  Félix, Marie Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

Author keywords

Dauer; Nematode; Plasticity; Reproduction mode; Vulva

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; LARVA; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VULVA;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENES, HELMINTH; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; RHABDITOIDEA; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VULVA;

ANIMALIA; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITIDAE; RHABDITIS;

EID: 12144287257     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-003-0376-y     Document Type: Article

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