The structure, sequence and developmental pattern of expression of the white gene in the blowfly Lucilia cuprina

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 251-260

  Garcia, R L ^a,b   Perkins, H D ^a   Howells, A J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental profile; gene sequence; gene structure; Lucilla cuprina; white gene

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; LUCILIA CUPRINA; LUCILIA SERICATA; LUCILLA CUPRINA; MELANOGASTER; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030294892     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1996.tb00099.x     Document Type: Article

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