Post-embryonic cell lineages of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans

1977/03/01 by J.E. Sulston, H.R. Horvitz, H. Robert Horvitz · 3,595 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Biology #Caenorhabditis #Caenorhabditis elegans #Cell #Cell division #Circadian rhythm and melatonin #Developmental biology #Ecology #Embryo #Gene #Genetics #Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms #Hatching #Hermaphrodite #Mating #Nematode #Precursor cell #Spaceflight effects on biology #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1016/0012-1606(77)90158-0

published in Developmental Biology 56(1), 110-156 (Elsevier BV)

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