Pattern formation: Regional specification in the early C. elegans embryo

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 591-594

  Schnabel, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0030197603     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180711     Document Type: Review

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