Xenopus tropicalis as a model organism for genetics and genomics: Past, present, and future

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 917, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-15

  Grainger, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental model system; Genetics; Genome sequencing; Genomics; Mutagenesis screen; Natural mutations; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868579927     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-992-1_1     Document Type: Article

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