Sex change by gene conversion in a Caenorhabditis elegans fog-2 mutant.

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Published in Genetics on August 30, 2008

Authors

Vaishali Katju1, Elisa M LaBeau, Kendra J Lipinski, Ulfar Bergthorsson

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.

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