Functional diversity within the rudimentary locus of Drosophila melanogaster
β Scribed by Jarry, Bruno ;Falk, Darrel
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1974
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 683 KB
- Volume
- 135
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0026-8925
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