Tetrahymena in the Classroom

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 411-430

  Smith, Joshua J ^a   Wiley, Emily A ^b   Cassidy Hanley, Donna M ^c  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ciliate; Ecology; Genome; Sustainability; Taxonomy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863345853     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-385967-9.00016-5     Document Type: Chapter

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