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    Siegfried Roth

  2. Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, 621 Charles E. Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1606, USA

    Volker Hartenstein

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Roth, S., Hartenstein, V. Development of Tribolium castaneum . Dev Genes Evol 218, 115–118 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00427-008-0215-2

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