Cellular migration and morphological complexity in the caecilian brain

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-27

  Schmidt, Andrea ^a   Wake, Maevalee H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0031031555     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(199701)231:1<11::AID-JMOR2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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