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Genetics and genomics

Molecular biology

Signal transduction

Developmental control

Post-embryonic development

Sex determination

Neurobiology and behavior

Evolution and ecology

Disease models and drug discovery

The germ line - Judith Kimble and Susan Strome, eds.

Introduction to the germ line - E. Jane Albert Hubbard and David Greenstein html pdf

Control of oocyte meiotic maturation and fertilization - David Greenstein html pdf
Germline chromatin - Christine E. Schaner and William G. Kelly html pdf
Germline genomics - Valerie Reinke html pdf
Germline proliferation and its control - Judith Kimble and Sarah Crittenden html pdf
Germline survival and apoptosis - Anton Gartner, Peter R. Boag and T. Keith Blackwell html pdf
Specification of the germ line - Susan Strome html pdf
Spermatogenesis - Steven W. L'Hernault html pdf

See also: The Sex determination section, Roles of chromatin factors in C. elegans development

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