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Preparative isolation and short-term organ culture of imaginal discs ofDrosophila melanogaster

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  1. Department of Genetics, University of California, Berkeley, California

    Odessa Eugene, Mary Alice Yund & James W. Fristrom

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Eugene, O., Yund, M.A. & Fristrom, J.W. Preparative isolation and short-term organ culture of imaginal discs ofDrosophila melanogaster . Tca Manual 5, 1055–1062 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00919788

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