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Original Article

Behavioral and Pheromonal Phenotypes Associated with Expression of Loss-of-Function Mutations in the Sex-Lethal Gene of Drosophila Melanogaster

Laurie Tompkins Department of Biology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19122
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Scott P. McRobert Biochemistry Group, Department of Chemistry Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 59717; Department of Biology, St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, 19131, Pennsylvania
Pages 219-226 | Received 23 Nov 1993, Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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