P-element inserts in transgenic flies: A cautionary tale

Heredity

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-11

  Kaiser, Marcel ^a   Gasser, Matthias ^a   Ackermann, Ruedi ^b   Stearns, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; elongation factor; genetic manipulation; lifespan; position effects; size effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031036563     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1997.1     Document Type: Article

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