Oocyte maturation and ovariole number in lines of Drosophila melanogaster selected for postponed senescence

Functional Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 514-520

  Carlson, K A ^a   Nusbaum, T J ^a   Rose, M R ^a   Harshman, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Life history; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031669158     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1998.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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