Studying human disease genes in caenorhabditis elegans: A molecular genetics laboratory project

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 165-179

  Cox Paulson, Elisabeth A ^a   Grana, Theresa M ^b   Harris, Michelle A ^c   Batzli, Janet M ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARY WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; DISEASES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SELF REPORT; STUDENT;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, HELMINTH; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORIES; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SELF REPORT; STUDENTS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 84861988412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe-11-06-0045     Document Type: Article

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