Transposable element-induced fitness mutations in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1986, Pages 77-87

  Mackay, Trudy F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTHROPOD; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FERTILITY; FITNESS; HEREDITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; TRANSPOSON; VIABILITY;

EID: 0022967462     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672300024794     Document Type: Article

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