Ecological genomics: Steps towards unraveling the genetic basis of inducible defenses in Daphnia

BMC Biology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tollrian, Ralph ^a   Leese, Florian ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA PULEX;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOMICS;

EID: 77952951858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-51     Document Type: Note

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