Studies of the genetics and expression of prowing (Pw): A primitive homeotic mutant of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 339-346

  Tanaka, Akira ^a   Ito, Tamiyo ^a,b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA;

EID: 0031499929     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.339     Document Type: Article

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