Positional RNA-Seq identifies candidate genes for phenotypic engineering of sexual traits

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Arbore, Roberto ^a   Sekii, Kiyono ^a   Beisel, Christian ^b   Ladurner, Peter ^c   Berezikov, Eugene ^d   Schärer, Lukas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Macrostomum lignano; Phenotypic engineering; RNA interference; RNA Seq; simultaneous hermaphrodite

Indexed keywords

LOPHOTROCHOZOA; MACROSTOMUM LIGNANO; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 84934754214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12983-015-0106-0     Document Type: Article

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