Evolution of development: Beyond bicoid

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2003, Pages

  Lynch, Jeremy ^a   Desplan, Claude ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0037700511     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00472-X     Document Type: Review

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