A molecular marker confirms that the rate of adult maturation is largely independent of the rate of pre-adult development in Drosophila melanogaster

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-130

  Blake, Kimberly J ^a,c   Hoopengardner, Barry ^a   Centurion, Alejandro ^a   Helfand, Stephen L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; D. melanogaster; development; gene expression; maturation; temperature

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

AGING; AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MATURATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; LARVA;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029869797     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:2<125::AID-DVG5>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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