Tumors of testis and midgut in aging flies

Fly

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 265-268

  Salomon, Robert N ^a   Rob Jackson, F ^b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Drosophila; Gut; Pathology; Testis; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MALE; NEOPLASMS; TESTIS;

EID: 62149138457     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.7396     Document Type: Article

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