vulval

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We have traced the evolution of some important features such as vulval and male tail pattern and morphogenesis, characteristics of the stoma and gonads, hermaphroditism, and copulatory behavior.

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  • Rates of anal, vulval and vaginal cancers rose for "baby boomers" born in the decades after the Second World War. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • HPV has been implicated in a number of cancers, including cervical, anal, vulval, vaginal and penile. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Although vaginal and vulval cancer rates have fallen away in modern generations, they are higher in the 1960s generation of women compared with those born in the first half of the —  Top Stories - Google News
  • Simske JS, Kaech SM, Harp SA, Kim SK (1996) LET-23 receptor localization by the cell junction protein LIN-7 during C. elegans vulval induction. —  PLoS Biology: New Articles
  • The Pharmalot blog reported today that Merck received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to use Gardasil to prevent vaginal and vulval cancer in addition to cervical cancer. —  Bio Job Blog
 

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