Effects of caffeine on mitotic index in Drosophila prosaltans (Diptera)

Brazilian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 655-657

  Itoyama, Mary Massumi ^a   Bicudo, Hermione Elly Melara De Campos ^a   Cordeiro, José Antônio ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MITOSIS INDEX; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA PROSALTANS;

EID: 0031468210     PISSN: 01008455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-84551997000400016     Document Type: Article

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