In the beginning: The initiation of meiosis

BioEssays

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 511-514

  Pawlowski, Wojciech P ^a,b   Sheehan, Moira J ^a   Ronceret, Arnaud ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b 401 Bradfield Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL FUNCTION; EUKARYOTE; FUNGUS; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOFUNGI;

EID: 34250201779     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.20578     Document Type: Article

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