Regulation of sexual plasticity in a nematode that produces males, females, and hermaphrodites

Current Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1548-1551

  Chaudhuri, Jyotiska ^a   Kache, Vikas ^a   Pires Dasilva, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALE; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; RHABDITOIDEA; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES;

NEMATODA; RHABDITIS;

EID: 80053336751     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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