Extensive morphological divergence and rapid evolution of the larval neuromuscular junction in Drosophila

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Campbell, Megan ^a   Ganetzky, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA VIRILIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC SELECTION; LARVA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHYLOGENY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC DRIFT; LARVA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84858219013     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1201176109     Document Type: Article

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