Germline transformation of the stalk-eyed fly, Teleopsis dalmanni

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Warren, Ian A ^a,b   Fowler, Kevin ^a   Smith, Hazel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; FLY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); GERM LINE; GROWTH REGULATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX LINKAGE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELEOPSIS DALMANNI; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE;

DIOPSIDAE; HEXAPODA; TELEOPSIS DALMANNI;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DIPTERA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 78149493688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-11-86     Document Type: Article

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