Meiosis 2007 - Where have we got to and where are we going?

Chromosome Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 517-521

  Turner, James M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEI2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

EDITORIAL; GENE; GENE SILENCING; HAPLOIDY; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; FEMALE; MALE; MEIOSIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34547693199     PISSN: 09673849     EISSN: 15736849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10577-007-1152-z     Document Type: Editorial

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