Cytoplasmic influence on the expression of nuclear genes affecting life span in drosophila melanogaster

Heredity

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 259-264

  Yonemura, Isamu ^a   Motoyama, Tomio ^a,b   Hasekura, Hayato ^a   Boettcher, Barry ^a,c  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Extranuclear genes; Gene expression; Life span; Nuclear major genes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966150493     PISSN: 0018067X     EISSN: 13652540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1991.32     Document Type: Article

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