A role for molecular studies in unveiling the pathways for formation of rotifer resting eggs and their survival during dormancy

Topics in Current Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue , 2010, Pages 109-132

  Denekamp, Nadav Y ^a   Suga, Koushirou ^b   Hagiwara, Atsushi ^b   Reinhardt, Richard ^c   Lubzens, Esther ^a  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

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EID: 77955979857     PISSN: 16102096     EISSN: 16106970     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12422-8_7     Document Type: Article

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