Fish are like flies are like frogs: Conservation of dorsal-ventral patterning mechanisms

BioEssays

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-284

  Holley, Scott A ^a   Ferguson, Edwin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0031128032     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950190404     Document Type: Review

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