Meiosis: How male flies do meiosis

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 19, 2002, Pages

  Hawley, R Scott ^a  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036795367     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)01161-2     Document Type: Review

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