Evolution of early embryogenesis in rhabditid nematodes

Developmental Biology

Volumn 335, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 253-262

  Brauchle, Michael ^a   Kiontke, Karin ^a   MacMenamin, Philip ^a   Fitch, David H A ^a   Piano, Fabio ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Cell polarity; Early development; Embryogenesis; Nematoda; Phenotypic analysis; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE ACTIVATED RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL POLARITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; NEMATODA; PROTORHABDITIS; RHABDITIDA;

EID: 70349288116     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.07.033     Document Type: Article

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