Caenorhabditis elegans: An old genetic model can learn new epigenetic tricks

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 52-60

  Padilla, Pamela A ^a   Garcia, Anastacia M ^a   Ladage, Mary L ^a   Toni, Lee S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84903576353     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icu039     Document Type: Conference Paper

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