Olfactory mechanisms in Drosophila melanogaster

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 500-505

  Smith, Dean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMELLING;

EID: 0030219766     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80056-0     Document Type: Article

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