Cell lineage and cell death: Caenorhabditis elegans and cancer research.

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Published in Nat Rev Cancer on December 02, 2010

Authors

Malia B Potts1, Scott Cameron

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1: Departments of Pediatrics and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75390-9148, USA.

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