Somatic reversion of chromosomal position effects in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 657-670

  Ahmad, Kami ^a   Golic, Kent G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHROMOSOMES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE COLOR; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT HORMONES; MALE; MOSAICISM; TIME FACTORS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029792671     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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