A case of abnormal sex-dimorphism for bristle number in Drosophila melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 146-153

  Rasmuson, Marianne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

chromosome assay; Drosophila melanogaster; sex dimorphism; sternopleural bristle number

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030218837     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1996.119     Document Type: Article

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