Introduction: Drosophila-A Model System for Developmental Biology

Nicholas S Tolwinski^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Science, Yale-NUS College, Singapore 138527, Singapore. Nicholas.Towlinski@yale-nus.edu.sg.
² Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 138615, Singapore. Nicholas.Towlinski@yale-nus.edu.sg.

Editorial

Nicholas S Tolwinski. J Dev Biol. 2017.

. 2017 Sep 20;5(3):9.

doi: 10.3390/jdb5030009.

Nicholas S Tolwinski^{1

2}

¹ Division of Science, Yale-NUS College, Singapore 138527, Singapore. Nicholas.Towlinski@yale-nus.edu.sg.
² Department of Biological Science, National University of Singapore, Singapore 138615, Singapore. Nicholas.Towlinski@yale-nus.edu.sg.

Abstract

Drosophila melanogaster, known colloquially as the fruit fly, remains one of the most commonly used model organisms for biomedical science.[...].

Keywords: Drosophila; development; genetics; model organisms.

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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