Identification and genetic analysis of wunen, a gene guiding Drosophila melanogaster germ cell migration

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1231-1241

  Zhang, Nian ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Jiaping ^a,b,c,d   Cheng, Yan ^a,b,c,d   Howard, Ken ^a,b,c,d  

^a HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GERM CELL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GERM CELLS; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029979153     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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