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Ecdysone induction of puffing activity in salivary glands ofDrosophila melanogaster grown in adult abdomens

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  1. Antonio Garcia-Bellido

    Present address: Instituto Genetica y Anthropologia, Centro Investigaciones Biologicas, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Milton Road, CB4 1XH, Cambridge, England

    Michael Ashburner & Antonio Garcia-Bellido

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Supported by Science Research Council Grant B/SR/9750 to M. A. and an E.M.B.O. Fellowship to A.G.-B.

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Ashburner, M., Garcia-Bellido, A. Ecdysone induction of puffing activity in salivary glands ofDrosophila melanogaster grown in adult abdomens. W. Roux' Archiv f. Entwicklungsmechanik 172, 166–170 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00576940

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