Heart Development in Drosophila

Advances in Developmental Biology (1992)

Volumn 5, Issue C, 1997, Pages 201-236

  Bodmer, Rolf ^a   Golden, Krista L ^a   Lockwood, Wendy K ^a   Ocorr, Karen A ^a   Park, Maiyon ^a   Su, Ming Tsan ^a   Venkatesh, Tyamagondlu V ^a  

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EID: 0000867374     PISSN: 15663116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1566-3116(08)60038-9     Document Type: Article

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