Basic Demography of Caenorhabditis remanei Cultured under Standard Laboratory Conditions

Species of the Caenorhabditis genus have been used as model systems in genetics and molecular research for more than 30 years. Despite this, basic information about their demography, in the wild and in the lab, has remained unknown until very recently. Here, we provide for the first time a closely q...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of nematology. - 1969. - 40(2008), 3 vom: 17. Sept., Seite 167-78
1. Verfasser: Diaz, S Anaid (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lindström, Jan, Haydon, Daniel T
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2008
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Journal of nematology
Schlagworte:Journal Article Caenorhabditis remanei JU724 MY12-G ecology lifecycle phenotypic variance
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