A network model of developmental gene hierarchy

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 1-11

  Burstein, Zippora ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0029003231     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1995.0075     Document Type: Article

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