Sexual behaviour in Drosophila is irreversibly programmed during a critical period

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 1187-1190

  Arthur Jr , Benjamin I ^a   Jallon, Jean Marc ^b   Caflisch, Barbara ^a   Choffat, Yves ^a   Nöthiger, Rolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 13144268566     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(07)00491-5     Document Type: Article

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