The regulation of neuronal death during insect metamorphosis: A physiological model system offers clues on how nerve cells decide to die

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Fahrbach, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0031025988     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313018     Document Type: Review

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