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RESEARCH PAPER

The effect of neurospecific knockdown of candidate genes for locomotor behavior and sound production in Drosophila melanogaster

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Pages 176-187 | Received 21 Jul 2014, Accepted 29 Oct 2014, Published online: 18 Dec 2014

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