Pristionchus pacificus: A well-rounded nematode

BioEssays

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 651-659

  Hong, Ray L ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUSION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVATED SPECIES; ECOLOGY; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SENSE ORGAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; ECOLOGY; GENOME; NEMATODA; PHYLOGENY; SENSE ORGANS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 33745110942     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20404     Document Type: Review

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