Controlling animal growth and body size - Does fruit fly physiology point the way?

F1000 Biology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Grewal, Savraj S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; DIET RESTRICTION; DROSOPHILA; FAT BODY; GROWTH REGULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 84862233328     PISSN: 17404118     EISSN: 1757594X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3410/B4-12     Document Type: Review

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