Volvox: Simple steps to developmental complexity?

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 646-653

  Nishii, Ichiro ^a   Miller, Stephen M ^b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DIVISION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VOLVOX;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL DIVISION; CHLAMYDOMONAS; VOLVOX;

CHLAMYDOMONAS; CHLOROPHYTA; VOLVOX;

EID: 78649635244     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2010.10.005     Document Type: Review

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