Developmental progression of Tetrahymena through the cell cycle and conjugation

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 177-236

  Cole, Eric ^a   Sugai, Toshiro ^b  

^a ST OLAF COLLEGE   (United States)

^b IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjugation; Developmental program; Disruption; Macronuclear; Ploidy; Stomatogenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858715856     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385967-9.00007-4     Document Type: Chapter

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