The white gene of the tephritid fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni is characterized by a long untranslated 5' leader and a 12 kb first intron

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 343-356

  Bennett, C L ^a   Frommer, M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

DNA; Eye colour; Fruit fly; Gene; Tephritid; While

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACTROCERA TRYONI; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GARCIA; LEPUS; MELANOGASTER; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 0031281615     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1997.00188.x     Document Type: Article

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