The role of HOM-C genes in segmental transformations: Reexamination of the Drosophila sex combs reduced embryonic phenotype

Developmental Biology

Volumn 180, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-142

  Pederson, Julie D ^b   Kiehart, Daniel P ^a   Mahaffey, James W ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO SEGMENTATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMEOBOX; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030602021     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0290     Document Type: Article

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