What to compare and how: Comparative transcriptomics for Evo-Devo

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution

Volumn 324, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 372-382

  Roux, Julien ^a,b,c   Rosikiewicz, Marta ^a,b   Robinson Rechavi, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANATOMY, COMPARATIVE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RESEARCH; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84929788922     PISSN: 15525007     EISSN: 15525015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22618     Document Type: Article

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