Evolution of the germ line-soma relationship in vertebrate embryos

Reproduction

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 291-300

  Johnson, Andrew D ^a   Richardson, Emma ^a   Bachvarova, Rosemary F ^b   Crother, Brian I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CELL COMMUNICATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952178141     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-10-0474     Document Type: Review

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