Insect evolution: Redesigning the fruitfly

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Gibson, Greg ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033545384     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80056-6     Document Type: Note

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