Sex determination: Sex on the brain?

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Wolfner, Mariana F ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0037312014     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00038-1     Document Type: Review

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