Early animal embryogenesis: Why so much variability?

Biologist

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 136-140

  Lemaire, Patrick ^a   Marcellini, Sylvain ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 0012584610     PISSN: 00063347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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