Differential timing of S phases, X chromosome replication, and meiotic prophase in the C. elegans germ line

Developmental Biology

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 206-221

  Jaramillo Lambert, Aimee ^a   Ellefson, Marina ^a   Villeneuve, Anne M ^b   Engebrecht, JoAnne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; DNA replication; Germ line; Meiosis; Prophase

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; FLUORESCENCE; GERM LINE; HERMAPHRODITISM; MEIOTIC PROPHASE I; MITOSIS; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X CHROMOSOME;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 34447636082     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.05.019     Document Type: Article

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