Genetic identification of neurons controlling a sexually dimorphic behaviour

Current Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 667-670

  Gatti, Sylvain ^a   Ferveur, Jean François ^b   Martin, Jean René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034214126     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)00517-0     Document Type: Article

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