Sexual Behavior of the Caenorhabditis elegans Male

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2005, Pages 99-123

  Emmons, Scott W ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLASSIFICATION; GENDER AND SEX; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 33645919991     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(05)69004-6     Document Type: Review

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