Abstract:
:Genetic techniques have shed new light on the organization of the neurons in the ventral nervous system of the fruit fly.
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Elifejournal_title
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Lovick JK,Omoto JJ,Hartenstein Vdoi
10.7554/eLife.10317subject
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2015-08-28 00:00:00issn
2050-084Xjournal_volume
4pub_type
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