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Alberts B, Johnson A, Lewis J, et al. (2007) Molecular Biology of the Cell, 5th edn. New York, NY: Garland Science.
Weigmann K, Klapper R, Strasser T et al. (2003) FlyMove – a new way to look at development of Drosophila. Trends in Genetics 19: 310–311. http://flymove.uni‐muenster.de