Chapter 17 Identification and Characterization of Mitotic Mutations in Drosophila

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 61, Issue C, 1998, Pages 317-346

  Theurkauf, William E ^a   Heck, Margarete M S ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; GIANT CELL; LARVA; MITOSIS; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GIANT CELLS; LARVA; MITOSIS; MUTATION; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0032621013     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-679X(08)61988-3     Document Type: Article

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