The development of germline stem cells in drosophila

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 450, Issue , 2008, Pages 3-26

  Dansereau, David A ^a   Lasko, Paul ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germline stem cell; GSC; PGC; Primordial germ cell; Stem cell fate; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934441159     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-214-8_1     Document Type: Article

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