The coming of age of ventralising homeobox genes in amphibian development

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 701-704

  Lemaire, Patrick ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030249932     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950180904     Document Type: Article

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