Endocycles: A recurrent evolutionary innovation for post-mitotic cell growth

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 197-210

  Edgar, Bruce A ^a   Zielke, Norman ^a   Gutierrez, Crisanto ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b CENTRO DE BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR SEVERO OCHOA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOSIS; PLOIDIES;

EID: 84894567092     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3756     Document Type: Review

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