Current status of echinoderm genome analysis - What do we know?

Current Genomics

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-143

  Kondo, Mariko ^a   Akasaka, Koji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Echinoderm; Genome; Sea urchin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTERIAS; BIOMINERALIZATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CRINOIDEA; ECHINODERM; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; HOLOTHUROIDEA; HOX GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPHIUROIDEA; PHYLOGENY; SEA URCHIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 84860288010     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: 18755488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920212799860643     Document Type: Article

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