Study of stability mechanisms of embryonic development in fruit fly Drosophila

Russian Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-15

  Surkova, S Yu ^a   Gurskiy, V V ^b   Reinitz, J ^c   Samsonova, M G ^a  

^a PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

canalization of development; developmental biology; fruit fly; mathematical modeling; segmentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951533532     PISSN: 10623604     EISSN: 16083326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1062360411010115     Document Type: Article

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