The Hitchhiker's guide to Xenopus genetics

Genesis

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 164-175

  Abu Daya, Anita ^a   Khokha, Mustafa K ^b   Zimmerman, Lyle B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Early development; Genetics; Organogenesis; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE;

CELL MATURATION; CENTROMERE; DEVELOPMENT; DIPLOIDY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SCREENING; GYNOGENESIS; HEART DEVELOPMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; INBREEDING; INNER EAR; LIMB DEVELOPMENT; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MUTATION; ORGANOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 84858000598     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22007     Document Type: Review

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