The marbled crayfish: A new model organism for research on development, epigenetics and evolutionary biology

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-13

  Vogt, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Development; Environmental epigenomics; Epigenetics; Evolution; Marmorkrebs; Model organism; Regeneration; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CRAYFISH; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; GENETICS; LABORATORY METHOD; MODELING;

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARID SP. AB-2002;

EID: 50649118856     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00473.x     Document Type: Review

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