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Determination of the Spontaneous Locomotor Activity in Drosophila melanogaster
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Determination of the Spontaneous Locomotor Activity in Drosophila melanogaster

Published on: April 10, 2014

[Genetic determinants of generating the motor pattern of rhythmic movements in Drosophila melanogaster]

S A Fedotov, Iu V Bragina, N G Besedina

    Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova
    |May 11, 2013
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