Drosophila melanogaster: The model organism

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-103

  Roberts, David B ^a  

^a MAGDALEN COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Development; Genetics

Indexed keywords

FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 33750039972     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-8703.2006.00474.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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