Improving the chances of finding the right partner

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-104

  Moore, Graham ^a   Shaw, Peter ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENOME SIZE; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHILADELPHIA 1 CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOMES, PLANT; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; TELOMERE;

EID: 65349157821     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2009.02.006     Document Type: Review

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