The scuttle fly Megaselia abdita (Phoridae): A link between Drosophila and mosquito development

Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Rafiqi, Ab Matteen ^a   Lemke, Steffen ^a   Schmidt Ott, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOMICS; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; INSECT GENETICS; LARVAL STAGE; MEGASELIA ABDITA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SEX DETERMINATION;

MEGASELIA ABDITA; PHORIDAE;

EID: 79954574495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15596095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/pdb.emo143     Document Type: Article

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