Sex Determination and the Development of the Genital Disc

Comprehensive Molecular Insect Science

Volumn 1-6, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-38

  Sanchez L ^a   Gorfinkiel, N ^b   Guerrero, I ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-44-451924-6/00010-7     Document Type: Chapter

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