A microcosm of the biomedical research experience for upper-level undergraduates

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-219

  Hurd, Daryl D ^a  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EDUCATION; GENE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENES, HELMINTH; NEW YORK; RNA INTERFERENCE; TEACHING; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 46249091438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.07-09-0089     Document Type: Article

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