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Ouija board: A transcription factor evolved for only one target in steroid hormone biosynthesis in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

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Pages 196-202 | Received 31 May 2016, Accepted 28 Jun 2016, Published online: 03 Aug 2016

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