Sex, bugs and Haldane's rule: The nematode genus Pristionchus in the United States

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Herrmann, Matthias ^a   Mayer, Werner E ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COLEOPTERA; LEPTINOTARSA DECEMLINEATA; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 33749152102     PISSN: 17429994     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-3-14     Document Type: Article

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