Somatic control of the Drosophila germ line stem cells;Contrôle somatique des cellules souches de la lignée germinale chez Drosophila melanogaster

Medecine/Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 628-633

  Huyah, Jean René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL INTERACTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0343337218     PISSN: 07670974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4267/10608/1976     Document Type: Short Survey

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