3 Pairing Sites and the Role of Chromosome Pairing in Meiosis and Spermatogenesis in Male Drosophila

Current Topics in Developmental Biology

Volumn 37, Issue C, 1997, Pages 77-115

  McKee, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOTYPE; MALE; MEIOSIS; SEX CHROMOSOMES; SPERMATOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031961735     PISSN: 00702153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0070-2153(08)60172-6     Document Type: Article

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