Caenorhabditis Elegans—Applications to Nematode Genomics
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The complete genome sequence of the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans was published 4 years ago. Since then, we have seen great strides in technologies that seek to exploit this data. Here we describe the application of some of these techniques and other advances that are helping us to understand about not only the biology of this important model organism but also the entire phylum Nematoda.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Comparative and Functional Genomics
دوره 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003