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FLPing Genes On and Off in Drosophila.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2017
Weasner Bonnie M, Zhu Jinjin, Kumar Justin P
Abstract excerpt
The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has been a favorite experimental system of developmental biologists for more than a century. One of the most attractive features of this model system is the clarity by which one can analyze mutant phenotypes. Most genes are found in single copies, and loss-of-function mutants often have obvious phenotypes that can be analyzed during development and in adulthood. As with all...
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