Forward genetics in Tribolium castaneum: Opening new avenues of research in arthropod biology

Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Peel, Andrew D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRIBOLIUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; CLASSIFICATION; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; LARVA; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ARTHROPODA; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BEETLES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC SPECIATION; GENOME, INSECT; LARVA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH; TRIBOLIUM;

EID: 77649176922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14754924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/jbiol208     Document Type: Short Survey

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