Twins raised from separated blastomeres develop into sexually mature Strongylocentrotus purpuratus

Developmental Biology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 514-519

  Cameron, R Andrew ^a   Leahy, Patrick S ^a   Davidson, Eric H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SURVIVAL; TWINS;

ANIMALIA; ECHINOIDEA; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS PURPURATUS;

EID: 0030587621     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0235     Document Type: Article

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