Drosophila wing melanin patterns form by vein-dependent elaboration of enzymatic prepatterns

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 1382-1391

  True, John R ^a   Edwards, Kevin A ^b,d   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^b,c   Carroll, Sean B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033518292     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80083-4     Document Type: Article

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