Mutations in the gene stand still disrupt germ cell differentiation in Drosophila ovaries

Developmental Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 316-326

  Mulligan, Pamela K ^a   Campos, Ana R ^a   Jacobs, J Roger ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; germ cell differentiation; oogenesis; sex determination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; MUTATION; OOGENESIS; OVARY; OVUM; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0030054714     PISSN: 0192253X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6408(1996)18:4<316::AID-DVG5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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