Genetic control of cell proliferation and differentiation in Drosophila spermatogenesis

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-444

  Fuller, Margaret T ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Drosophila; Meiosis; Spermatid differentiation; Spermatocyte transcription

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; MALE; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; MALE; SPERMATOGENESIS;

EID: 0032129970     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scdb.1998.0227     Document Type: Article

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