Quantitative analysis of bristle number in Drosophila mutants identifies genes involved in neural development

Current Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1388-1396

  Norga, Koenraad K ^a   Gurganus, Marjorie C ^b   Dilda, Christy L ^b   Yamamoto, Akihiko ^b   Lyman, Richard F ^b   Patel, Prajal H ^a   Rubin, Gerald M ^c   Hoskins, Roger A ^d   Mackay, Trudy F ^b   Bellen, Hugo J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0042426031     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(03)00546-3     Document Type: Article

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