Chapter category: Development
Dissection of the Embryonic Brain Using Photoactivated Gene Expression
Brain Development
in Drosophila melanogaster
Edited by: Gerhard M. TechnauISBN: 978-0-387-78260-7
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Chapter authors:
Jonathan Minden
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Jonathan Minden
Department of Biological Sciences and Science, Carnegie Mellon University
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