The Drosophila auditory system

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Developmental Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-191

  Boekhoff Falk, Grace ^a   Eberl, Daniel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTENNA (ORGAN); AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD ANTENNAE; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; DROSOPHILA;

EID: 84893851712     PISSN: 17597684     EISSN: 17597692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wdev.128     Document Type: Article

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