Nuclear Dualism

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 29-52

  Karrer, Kathleen M ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Alignment; Allele; Assortment; Dualism; Micronucleus; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858730223     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385967-9.00003-7     Document Type: Chapter

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