Genetic Control of Sex Differences in C. elegans Neurobiology and Behavior

Advances in Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-37

  Portman, Douglas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; GENDER AND SEX; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NEUROBIOLOGY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34548655293     PISSN: 00652660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2660(07)59001-2     Document Type: Review

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