Combing evolution

Evolution and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 400-402

  True, John R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47249121699     PISSN: 1520541X     EISSN: 1525142X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-142X.2008.00250.x     Document Type: Note

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