Fate specification along the sea urchin embryo animal-vegetal axis

Biological Bulletin

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-177

  Angerer, Robert C ^a   Angerer, Lynne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031079772     PISSN: 00063185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1542597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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