Drosophila melanogaster as a model for nutrient regulation of ovarian function

Alissa Richmond Armstrong1

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

Reproduction (Cambridge, England)
|September 7, 2019
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