Genetic dissection of cell fate specification in the developing eye of Drosophila

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-226

  Domínguez, María ^a   Hafen, Ernst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cell development; Cell signalling; Induction; Photoreceptor; Ras pathway sevenless

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000966951     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1996.0029     Document Type: Article

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